- Paperback: 1562 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Pap/Cdr edition (10 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0521531063
- ISBN-13: 978-0521531061
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 15.8 x 4.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 823,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary gives the vital support which advanced students need, especially with the essential skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. In the book: * 170,000 words, phrases and examples * New words: so your English stays up-to-date * Colour headwords: so you can find the word you are looking for quickly * Idiom Finder * 200 'Common Learner Error' notes show how to avoid common mistakes * 25,000 collocations show the way words work together * Colour pictures: 16 full page colour pictures On the CD-ROM: * Sound: recordings in British and American English, plus practice tools to help improve pronunciation * UNIQUE! Smart Thesaurus helps you choose the right word * QUICKfind looks up words for you while you are working or reading on screen * UNIQUE! SUPERwrite gives on screen help with grammar, spelling and collocation when you are writing * Hundreds of interactive exercises
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The ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Also available as book with CD-ROM.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I consider the CD-Rom you get with the dictionary the best on the market. Each entry has IPA symbols as well as two clickable loudspeakers, a red one for the English pronunciation and a blue one for the American. A microphone icon let you practice all the words. The feature I like using every day is the QUICKfind, with the automatic sound, for you just point the mouse at a word and the software speaks up its pronunciation for you. Just imagine all those foreign language university students preparing for an oral exam, having to read loads of poems aloud and explain the meanings of the words. With this feature they can open their Word documents or even surfing a website and hear and practice all the pronunciations, and also have their meanings on the QUICKfind window still present on their PC screens. What a lot of time saved!
The main window of the software has three other interesting icons, i.e. exercises, pictures and study pages.
Among the Exercises you have Word exercises (adjectives and adverbs, affixes, homophones, irregular and problem verbs, noun forms, suffixes, verbs meaning 'perform') and Picture exercises (animals, back, birds, body, car interior, car exterior, cars and trucks, clothes, flowers... till vegetables).
Among the Pictures you have around 100 different tables of content, just point the mouse at a drawing and you'll get its meaning.
Last but not least, you have the Study Pages, among which you can find useful explanations in PDF format (A. Vocabulary, Grammar and Pronunciation; B. General information).
I would give this product six stars if only I could! Highly recommended to everyone who uses a PC and wish to improve his English.
The main window of the software has three other interesting icons, i.e. exercises, pictures and study pages.
Among the Exercises you have Word exercises (adjectives and adverbs, affixes, homophones, irregular and problem verbs, noun forms, suffixes, verbs meaning 'perform') and Picture exercises (animals, back, birds, body, car interior, car exterior, cars and trucks, clothes, flowers... till vegetables).
Among the Pictures you have around 100 different tables of content, just point the mouse at a drawing and you'll get its meaning.
Last but not least, you have the Study Pages, among which you can find useful explanations in PDF format (A. Vocabulary, Grammar and Pronunciation; B. General information).
I would give this product six stars if only I could! Highly recommended to everyone who uses a PC and wish to improve his English.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I consider the CD-Rom you get with the book the best dictionary on the market. Each entry has IPA symbols and also a red loudspeaker icon for the British pronunciation and a blue one for the American. A microphone icon let you practise your pronunciation.
The feature I like using every day is the QUICKfind with the automatic sound. You just point the mouse at a Word document or at the text on a web page and the software speaks up the sound for you. While listening to the sound, the QUICKfind let you have a small dictionary window open on the screen with the meaning of each word you are pointing the mouse at, and the two loudspeakers with both English and American pronunciations are still there. Just imagine all those foreign languages and literatures university students who are going to prepare for their oral exams and have to be able to read aloud loads of poems with a perfect pronunciation and also explain the words’ meanings – what a lot of time saved with the aid of this software!
The main window has three other useful icons, i.e. Exercises, Pictures and Study pages.
Among the Exercises, you can find Word Exercises (adjectives and adverbs, affixes, homophones, irregular and problem verbs, noun forms, suffixes, verbs meaning ‘perform’) and Pictures Exercises (animals, back, birds, body, car exterior, car interior, cars and trucks, clothes, flowers, foot, fruit, hair, hand, hats, head, in the kitchen, in the office, kitchen equipment, office equipment, phrasal verbs, planes, ships and boats, skeleton, sports, vegetables).
Among the Pictures you can find about 100 tables of content with colourful drawings. If you point the mouse at a drawing, its word appears, whereas if you click on the drawing, its meaning appears.
Among the Study pages you can find very useful documents in PDF format, divided into two categories, i.e. “Vocabulary, Grammar, Pronunciation” (a guide to pronunciation, determiners, homographs, homophones, irregular verbs, modal verbs, phrasal verbs, prefixes and suffixes, punctuation, regular inflections, regular verb tenses, relative clauses, word building) and “General Information” (common names, common symbols, computers, geographical names, letter writing, measurements and quantities, money, periods of time, relationships, sounds and smells, telephoning, varieties of English, work and jobs).
I would give this item six stars, if only I could! Highly recommended to all those who need a very fast desktop companion, for it’s a real pleasure to work with, and once the software is saved into your hard disk, you won’t need to run the CD any more.
The feature I like using every day is the QUICKfind with the automatic sound. You just point the mouse at a Word document or at the text on a web page and the software speaks up the sound for you. While listening to the sound, the QUICKfind let you have a small dictionary window open on the screen with the meaning of each word you are pointing the mouse at, and the two loudspeakers with both English and American pronunciations are still there. Just imagine all those foreign languages and literatures university students who are going to prepare for their oral exams and have to be able to read aloud loads of poems with a perfect pronunciation and also explain the words’ meanings – what a lot of time saved with the aid of this software!
The main window has three other useful icons, i.e. Exercises, Pictures and Study pages.
Among the Exercises, you can find Word Exercises (adjectives and adverbs, affixes, homophones, irregular and problem verbs, noun forms, suffixes, verbs meaning ‘perform’) and Pictures Exercises (animals, back, birds, body, car exterior, car interior, cars and trucks, clothes, flowers, foot, fruit, hair, hand, hats, head, in the kitchen, in the office, kitchen equipment, office equipment, phrasal verbs, planes, ships and boats, skeleton, sports, vegetables).
Among the Pictures you can find about 100 tables of content with colourful drawings. If you point the mouse at a drawing, its word appears, whereas if you click on the drawing, its meaning appears.
Among the Study pages you can find very useful documents in PDF format, divided into two categories, i.e. “Vocabulary, Grammar, Pronunciation” (a guide to pronunciation, determiners, homographs, homophones, irregular verbs, modal verbs, phrasal verbs, prefixes and suffixes, punctuation, regular inflections, regular verb tenses, relative clauses, word building) and “General Information” (common names, common symbols, computers, geographical names, letter writing, measurements and quantities, money, periods of time, relationships, sounds and smells, telephoning, varieties of English, work and jobs).
I would give this item six stars, if only I could! Highly recommended to all those who need a very fast desktop companion, for it’s a real pleasure to work with, and once the software is saved into your hard disk, you won’t need to run the CD any more.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
A very clear dictionary with a fantastic CD-Rom!
1 Jan 2004
Format:Paperback
I consider the CD-Rom you get with the book the best dictionary on the market. Each entry has IPA symbols and also a red loudspeaker icon for the British pronunciation and a blue one for the American. A microphone icon lets you practise your pronunciation.
The feature I like using every day is the QUICKfind with the automatic sound. You just point the mouse at a Word document or at the text on a web page and the software speaks up the sound for you. While listening to the sound, the QUICKfind let you have a small dictionary window open on the screen with the meaning of each word you are pointing the mouse at, and the two loudspeakers with both English and American pronunciations are still there. Just imagine all those foreign languages and literatures university students who are going to prepare for their oral exams and have to be able to read aloud loads of poems with a perfect pronunciation and also explain the words' meanings - what a lot of time saved with the aid of this software!
The main window has three other useful icons, i.e. Exercises, Pictures and Study pages.
Among the Exercises, you can find Word Exercises (adjectives and adverbs, affixes, homophones, irregular and problem verbs, noun forms, suffixes, verbs meaning 'perform') and Pictures Exercises (animals, back, birds, body, car exterior, car interior, cars and trucks, clothes, flowers, foot, fruit, hair, hand, hats, head, in the kitchen, in the office, kitchen equipment, office equipment, phrasal verbs, planes, ships and boats, skeleton, sports, vegetables).
Among the Pictures you can find about 100 tables of content with colourful drawings. If you point the mouse at a drawing, its word appears, whereas if you click on the drawing, its meaning appears.
Among the Study pages you can find very useful documents in PDF format, divided into two categories, i.e. "Vocabulary, Grammar, Pronunciation" (a guide to pronunciation, determiners, homographs, homophones, irregular verbs, modal verbs, phrasal verbs, prefixes and suffixes, punctuation, regular inflections, regular verb tenses, relative clauses, word building) and "General Information" (common names, common symbols, computers, geographical names, letter writing, measurements and quantities, money, periods of time, relationships, sounds and smells, telephoning, varieties of English, work and jobs).
I would give this item six stars, if only I could! Highly recommended to all those who need a very fast desktop companion, for it's a real pleasure to work with, and once the software is saved into your hard disk, you won't need to run the CD any more.
The feature I like using every day is the QUICKfind with the automatic sound. You just point the mouse at a Word document or at the text on a web page and the software speaks up the sound for you. While listening to the sound, the QUICKfind let you have a small dictionary window open on the screen with the meaning of each word you are pointing the mouse at, and the two loudspeakers with both English and American pronunciations are still there. Just imagine all those foreign languages and literatures university students who are going to prepare for their oral exams and have to be able to read aloud loads of poems with a perfect pronunciation and also explain the words' meanings - what a lot of time saved with the aid of this software!
The main window has three other useful icons, i.e. Exercises, Pictures and Study pages.
Among the Exercises, you can find Word Exercises (adjectives and adverbs, affixes, homophones, irregular and problem verbs, noun forms, suffixes, verbs meaning 'perform') and Pictures Exercises (animals, back, birds, body, car exterior, car interior, cars and trucks, clothes, flowers, foot, fruit, hair, hand, hats, head, in the kitchen, in the office, kitchen equipment, office equipment, phrasal verbs, planes, ships and boats, skeleton, sports, vegetables).
Among the Pictures you can find about 100 tables of content with colourful drawings. If you point the mouse at a drawing, its word appears, whereas if you click on the drawing, its meaning appears.
Among the Study pages you can find very useful documents in PDF format, divided into two categories, i.e. "Vocabulary, Grammar, Pronunciation" (a guide to pronunciation, determiners, homographs, homophones, irregular verbs, modal verbs, phrasal verbs, prefixes and suffixes, punctuation, regular inflections, regular verb tenses, relative clauses, word building) and "General Information" (common names, common symbols, computers, geographical names, letter writing, measurements and quantities, money, periods of time, relationships, sounds and smells, telephoning, varieties of English, work and jobs).
I would give this item six stars, if only I could! Highly recommended to all those who need a very fast desktop companion, for it's a real pleasure to work with, and once the software is saved into your hard disk, you won't need to run the CD any more.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
I love the CD
9 Aug 2004
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
For non-native speakers this is a God send, the CD provides both British and American pronunciation and I consider this is the most useful feature for this dictionary.
Once you installed the CD to your hard drive in full installation mode, then store your CD in a safe place because you don't need it anymore.
I highly recommend this to anyone who have a hard time to find how to pronoun the English words.
Once you installed the CD to your hard drive in full installation mode, then store your CD in a safe place because you don't need it anymore.
I highly recommend this to anyone who have a hard time to find how to pronoun the English words.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Superb CD; Far superior to MS Encarta, Ameircan Heritage..
20 Jan 2004
Format:Paperback
I had American Heritage dictionary CD and Microsoft Encarta Dictionary. Recently I discovered this and found it far superior to earlier mentioned products.
Almost every word contains usage examples and I found it extremely useful.
I feel unlucky for not being able find this earlier.
I would absolutely recommend this to anyone.
Excellent product for the price.
Kudos to whoever created this product.
Almost every word contains usage examples and I found it extremely useful.
I feel unlucky for not being able find this earlier.
I would absolutely recommend this to anyone.
Excellent product for the price.
Kudos to whoever created this product.
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