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Collins Cobuild - Advanced Learner's English Dictionary and CD-Rom [Paperback]


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1 Sep 2003 0007158009 978-0007158003 Fourth edition

The new fourth edition of the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary is now in colour, and offers up-to-date coverage of today’s English in a clear, attractive format.

Now in an attractive two-colour layout, the fourth edition of the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary offers learners of English detailed coverage of today’s language. Containing hundreds of new words and thousands of definitions written in simple, natural English, this dictionary is exceptionally easy to use and understand. The examples, which have all been taken from the Bank of English, have been revised and updated for this edition, and are invaluable in providing context for words and phrases. Grammatical information and additional information on synonyms, pragmatics and frequency is shown in the Extra Column, making it easily accessible.

New to the fourth edition of the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary is the identification of thousands of set grammatical structures, particularly useful to learners of English. In addition, the new edition includes useful illustrations covering a range of topics, and Access to English – a unique supplement containing hundreds of practical phrases helping with important structures in areas such as essay-writing, business correspondence and job applications.

The Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary provides invaluable and detailed guidance on the English language, and is the complete reference tool for learners of English.

The CD-Rom is PC and Mac compatible and contains:

• Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary.
• 5 million Wordbank of authentic text samples (written & spoken), with high quality audio pronunciations for headwords, phrases, derived words and inflected forms.


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  • Paperback: 1768 pages
  • Publisher: Collins Cobuild; Fourth edition edition (1 Sep 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007158009
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007158003
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.1 x 5.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 137,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An endlessly fascinating source of information about how the modern English language really works. -- English Language Teaching Journal

About the Author

Since the first dictionary was published in 1987, Collins Cobuild Dictionaries have become internationally recognized as the most authoritative and comprehensive description of modern English.

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The book immediately offers the reader useful information about the most frequently used words in the English language by means of one to three blue diamonds printed next to them. At the end of the paper dictionary you'll find a list of these most used words for you to check your level of knowledge. Very interesting are the last thirty pages where you can study useful phrases to utilize in different situations, such as "essay writing," "giving presentations," "the telephone," "correspondence," and "job applications."
By running the software, you'll find out that by typing in a word in the searching path, you not only get its meaning but also an extra, i.e. the "full text" icon. By clicking on this icon, you have access to different voices, from the real examples taken from the "Bank of English" - and sometimes you get hundreds of them - to the word's synonyms and antonyms, even if this is not the case for all the entries. Sorry the entries don't have IPA symbols but just some loudspeaker icons which let you hear the pronunciation of the singular, the plural, the -ing form, and the past form. The presence of the IPA symbols would have been useful. That's why I gave this product only four stars.
To conclude, I recommend this dictionary to those who are interested in the real usage of the English words, for among the real English examples they'll find what they are looking for, for sure!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A great package at an affordable price 26 Aug 2004
By Lupo
The dictionary is complete, thorough and very useful for foreign learners. It's always quite clear whether a term is used in today's English or it's a thing of the past. Differences between UK and US english are also highlighted, and I am usually able to find what I'm looking for.
The CD-ROM may be installed to the hard drive. This way you can always have the dictionary ready, just one click away. The electronic format may not be as complete as the book's, but it's still more than enough for most needs.
I give this product five stars, and kudos to Collins for the very low price tag!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent definitions 7 Feb 2005
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I bought this for a Russian who is trying to study for professional examinations without yet reaching an advanced level of English. This dictionary enhances her understanding of words, far more than her Russian-English dictionary, so I think it can be generally recommended to learners of English.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Once again, Amazon makes a major error in listing. I am not the author of this book, or of any other dictionary! Even a cursory look at a physical copy of this book in any bookstore will make that clear. It isn't a case of mistaken identity as there doesn't seem to be any other author by the same name, and certainly none associated with this book! I have no idea why Amazon should choose to list me as the author, and have tried writing to them to request that they remove my name from this page, without success. So I'm writing directly to you fellow readers to clarify the point.

Best wishes

Ashok K. Banker

9 April 2007

Mumbai, India
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