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.

Filled with illuminating questions and answers, this comprehensive workbook provides exercises to help teach and build vocabulary related to the TOEIC examination. For nearly three decades, the Test Of English for International Communication (TOEIC) has been used to measure the ability of nonnative English speakers to use English in occupational situations. Through the puzzles, examples, and word games in this guide, students can get to know words in different contexts and become familiar with language use in the workplace. The material covered also includes grammar, comprehension, and spelling to fully prepare test takers for the TOEIC.

Specially created for exam students *212,000 words, phrases and meanings — including thousands from computing, business, science and medicine *160,000 examples — including thousands from academic reports and essays *Clear definitions using only 2000 common words *"Exams Workbook" — practical help in preparing for your exam Write better essays *Improve your written English with the "Writing Guide" *Write better academic essays with the "Essay Activator" which teaches useful vocabulary and collocations that are needed for essay writing *Learn vocabulary by common essay topic — such as the environment — with the "Topic Activator" *1000 study notes on vocabulary, grammar and common errors *15,000 synonyms, antonyms and word families Longman Exams Coach CD-ROM *Help and feedback from your personal exams tutor *35 hours of interactive exercises for FCE, CAE, IELTS, TOEIC and TOEFL *Over 3 hours of interactive listening practice *Test yourself against the clock *Full contents of the "Longman Exams Dictionary" and the "Longman Language Activator"