Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 8th Edition

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This is the eighth edition of this comprehensive dictionary and covers the ever-increasing range of words in the English language with compact definitions. Summary Of The Book Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary is a book that is aimed at both native and non-native English speakers. The eighth edition has a lot of illustrations and colorful photos that aid in clearly conveying the meaning of varied English words. The defining vocabulary set holds close to 3000 words and most of the words are defined using this basic word set, making it simpler for learners to understand the words’ roots and meaning. The book contains many usage notes that show readers when to use different words that are similar in their meaning. The differences between British and American pronunciation and spelling are clearly given. Many examples are given to illustrate word usage. The book has around 2000 new words like life coach, Wi-Fi, sex up, and offshoring. It has over 5000 words that are used in subjects like maths, business, science, and even computer science. New slang terms that are commonly used, and even words that fall under technological and economical jargon have been covered in this dictionary. It has over seven thousand synonyms and antonyms, and encyclopedic references have been provided for commonly used nouns like Walter Mitty, Beacon Hill, and Fort Knox. The book comes with a companion CD, the Compass CD-ROM. The CD helps readers learn and practice the Academic Word List through some well-tailored exercises. The words are divided as per the topic into vocabulary banks, making it easier for people to pull out the meanings of the right words. The CD-ROM also has an interactive tutor, Oxford iWriter, which helps people write and review their work. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary was first designed and compiled by Albert Sydney Hornby, an English teacher from Japan. He felt theneed for a concise dictionary that was focused on non-native speakers, and the result of his effort was Idiomatic and Syntactic Dictionary, the predecessor of Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. The book serves as a great tool for learners as well as for writers. It also has many pronunciation guides, as the audio tool clearly shows readers how a word should be pronounced.