This is a revised edition of the bestselling dictionary suitable for upper intermediate to advanced learners of English. Students from the age of 13 upwards can enjoy the benefits of clear signposting, examples and authentic spoken English, fixed phrases, full American English coverage and detailed frequency information, as well as the clearest possible definitions using the carefully monitored and updated 2000-word Longman Defining Vocabulary. As over 95% of all communication is speech, the dictionary provides coverage of ...
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This is a revised edition of the bestselling dictionary suitable for upper intermediate to advanced learners of English. Students from the age of 13 upwards can enjoy the benefits of clear signposting, examples and authentic spoken English, fixed phrases, full American English coverage and detailed frequency information, as well as the clearest possible definitions using the carefully monitored and updated 2000-word Longman Defining Vocabulary. As over 95% of all communication is speech, the dictionary provides coverage of spoken as well as written English, aiming to help students feel totally confident. Analysis of the spoken corpus of British and American English, nearly 15 million words of natural, spontaneous speech, reveals phrases that only occur, or most frequently occur, in spoken English. Also shown are the 3000 most frequent written and spoken words in English, identified separately and marked by a symbol in the margin. This helps students to see which words occur more frequently that others, therefore allowing them to concentrate on learning these core words first. There are also 150 frequency graphs giving students instant information about the frequency of different grammar patterns, the differences in usage of British and American English and the frequency of written versus spoken words and phrases. The dictionary features signposts, simple subheadings of the main word which break the definition up into manageable chunks so that the student doesn't have to read all the definitions before finding the meaning they want.
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I came to know LDOC when I was an English sophomore learning English as a foreign language. I should say, this dictionary has had an immense impact on my learning of English and the way I came to acquire the language. It is not a traditional dictionary but one written by a constellation of well-known and expert linguists who have a long standing in the linguistic theory and practice. Moreover, the material of the dictionary is taken from real-life corpus that keeps the dictionary alive for and a reliable source of information. Now I am a teacher of English and I highly recommend this dictionary to native speakers and foreign learners alike. In addition to the word meanings that it provides, it also gives the contexts in which words are used, real-life examples, pragmatic advices, grammatical and usage notes and British and American pronunciation. It is the dictionary I always recommend my students and colleagues to have whether to improve their conversational skills or hone down their writing abilities and word choice.
