Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Learn more with a dictionary that’s written for learners of English • 184,500 words, phrases and meanings explained clearly • Easy-to-understand explanations written using the 3000-word defining vocabulary • Use the Oxford 3000 keyword entries to learn the most important words in English • Look up over 57,000 synonyms and opposites • Learn words in their natural context with over 83,000 collocations (words that go together) highlighted • Find the Academic Word List words easily - they are all labelled • Notes give extra help in difficult areas, for example the differences between similar words, tricky points of grammar, or British and American usage • Find information about British and American culture • 1000 new words and meanings keep you up-to-date with today’s vocabulary and usage • 1300 words illustrated in groups build your topic vocabulary • Access over 95,000 extra example sentences • Study all verb forms, and word origins