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The New Oxford American Dictionary
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• Contains more than 250,000 definitions with rich background resources
• Covers all words from standard usage to the latest American idioms and slang
• Employs unique definition structure providing English learners with extra help
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• Not for all English learners
• Uses its own system of phonetic transcription instead of IPA
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This dictionary is ideal for advanced level learners of American English and as an in-house school resource.
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This dictionary, including 250,000 entries and 9,000 usage notes, provides the ultimate resource for current American English.
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Classifies entries in novel manner giving learners important clues as to usage tendencies.
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Truly up-to-date including important information on thousands of new words in American English.
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The New Oxford American Dictionary
"The New Oxford American Dictionary" was created as the culmination of more than 20 years of research using Oxford's unique 200-million-word data bank. As such, it provides the richest all-in-one American English dictionary that money can buy. The most attractive aspect of the dictionary is its method of arranging definitions based on the "core" sense of an entry followed by subsenses. This arrangement is especially useful to learners providing them with a gateway to other, related subsenses. More than 9,000 usage notes provide in-depth information further helping learners. Of course, all this information could be overwhelming for lower level learners. However, this dictionary is an excellent choice for advanced level learning purposes.
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