Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 8th Edition (En-En)
headwords: 78071
entries: 65685
merged: 1805
Splits: 789
crossrefs: 62602
Version: 1.0 (August 2010)
English level: Upper-Intermediate to Advanced (B1-C2)
With over 35 million copies sold, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the world's bestselling dictionary, and the dictionary teachers and students love to use.
Just a few words 'bout a structure:
1. the core words/idioms/derived are colored red in the card's header
2. the core numbered definitions are colored in red too
3. just after header is information about "frequency lists" e.g. f111 (whatever it means)
4. the orange "AW" in header means: Academic Word List
compilator's remark.
An advanced learner's dictionary is a monolingual learner's dictionary, that is, a dictionary written for non-native speakers. It differs from a bilingual or translation dictionary, on the one hand, and a standard dictionary written for native speakers or linguistic scholars, on the other.
A learner's dictionary is intended for non-native speakers who want information about the meaning and usage of words and phrases. Such dictionaries focus on current meanings, omitting outdated uses; etymology, a staple of standard dictionaries, is also usually omitted. All headwords are explained in uncomplicated language, typically using a core defining vocabulary of some 3,000 words, thus making the definitions more digestible to learners. There are many example phrases and sentences, but no quotations. Appendices and interspersed notes serve the targeted readership, providing additional guidance and help, for example with the usage of false friends, i.e. words that are often confused by learners.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_learner%27s_dictionary
ISBN index
Paperback 978-0-19-479900-3
Paperback with CD-ROM 978-0-19-479902-7
Hardback with CD-ROM 978-0-19-479904-1
