A learner’s thesaurus of over 15,000 words and expressions from written and spoken British and American English with CD-ROM. The learner’s thesaurus helps students distinguish between similar words and use them correctly.

English level:
Upper-Intermediate to Advanced
A S Hornby
Editor, Seventh Edition: Sally Wehmeier
Description
This is the world's bestselling advanced learner's dictionary, recommended by learners of English and their teachers, and used by 30 million people.
NEW 32-page Oxford 3000™ Vocabulary Trainer, only available with the Paperback and CD-ROM edition.

Key features
183,500 British and American words, phrases, and meanings, plus 85,000 examples showing how words are used.
20,000 word origins explained on the COMPASS CD-ROM
Over 200,000 extra example sentences on the COMPASS CD-ROM.
2,000 new words and meanings from British and American English, such as offshoring, life coach, sex up, wi-fi.

A good knowledge of collocations (typical word combinations) is essential for fluent and natural-sounding English, and knowledge of collocations is often tested in advanced level examinations such as Cambridge CAE, CPE and IELTS. English Collocations in Use Advanced presents and practises hundreds of collocations in typical contexts to help you improve your written and spoken English. It also includes tips on learning strategies and ways to avoid common learner errors. The book is informed by the Cambridge International Corpus to make sure that the collocations taught are the most frequent and useful for students at each level.

A good knowledge of collocations (typical word combinations) is essential for fluent and natural-sounding English. Using collocations will improve your style of written and spoken English, and knowledge of collocations is often tested in examinations such as Cambridge FCE, CAE, CPE and IELTS. Learning correct word combinations will also help you avoid common learner errors. English Collocations in Use presents and practises hundreds of collocations in typical contexts. It is ideal for students at good intermediate level and above.