English dictionary: Helping learners with real English

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Created especially for students of English as a Second Language, the Cobuild dictionary reflects the way English is actually written and spoken today. The new edition contains 70,000 references with special emphasis on 3000 of the most commonly used English words. The Cobuild dictionary is unique because of the method of compilation, arrangement of entries, and treatment of the language, all of which emphasize real English usage. Other important features of this new edition include: full sentence explanations, the absence of jargon and symbols, grammatical information, 100,000 newly chosen real examples, 400 new words and meanings, and differentiation between British and American English.