- Paperback: 1552 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 6th Revised edition edition (21 Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0194315851
- ISBN-13: 978-0194315852
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.8 x 5.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 755,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Truly a joy to use. It has to be the most user-friendly, information-sensitive dictionary available for the upper-intermediate to advanced English learner.' - David Shaffer, Vol. 3, No 1, Korea TESOL Journal 'The only dictionary a typical language student would ever need. Bang up-to-date and bursting with fun new expressions.' - The TEFL Farm '... the focus is more than ever on helping the learner.' - The International House Journal 'The best dictionary I have ever read in my life.' - Customer review, Amazon.co.uk
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The world's leading dictionary that teaches students how to use English.
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66 of 75 people found the following review helpful
The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is excellent, but its companion CD - Oxford Advanced Genie isn't. I wonder if it's just an experimental software or not, it seems not quite professional. The following problems have been found at the first time I was using it:
1. The dictionary window is quite small and cannot be resized. It causes part of content cannot be viewed. For example, when I type the word "landscape", after scrolling down to the Which Word section, there are 3 colomns of nouns that are frequently used adjectives ~landscape~scenery~countryside. But the third column is missing or partly missing even if the font size has been set to small. The same problem happens at Which Word section when I check the word Scottish. Between "... while Scots is only used to describe its people, its law and especially its language:" and "accent", nearly 90 words of text can not be viewed.
2. The e-dictionary can neither tolerate any spelling mistake nor even a wrong case. For example, the "Scottish, Sunday" are correct, but "scottish, sunday" cannot be found, and there isn't any hint for the word you are looking for. I belive that many readers of a dictionary are foreigners. They will often make spelling mistakes as well as use a wrong case! Most e-dictionaries on the market have such function to allow user to make mistake and rather than confuse the user by displaying a "No Result", they gave a list of words with similar spelling. And for wrong case, they just display the right word, not a "No Result".
3. QuickFind dosn't work in some web pages, so I have to copy the text and paste it into the input box of the dictionary. This is quite like a program bug.
4. Phonetic symbol cannot be viewed. If I don't want to install the sound file, as a non-English speaker, I won't be able to know how to read it.
In my point of view, the Oxford Advanced Genie has a long way to go to be a good commercial software.
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
I believe it is the world's leading dictionary. Whenever you have a doubt on the English language you can refer to it. It is reliable, up-to-date and easy to use.
Among his useful features I would like to highlight:
-- Up-to-date coverage of both British and American English, written and spoken.
-- A complete reference book, with information on numbers, punctuation,
geographical names, the writing of letters, emails and CVs, irregular verbs, and a useful map section.
-- Easy to use, with rapid-access page design and short cuts to the right meaning in long entries.
-- Full grammar information and many notes show you how to use words in context.
--Topic pages, illustrations, synonyms and opposites help you with vocabulary building.
-- CD-ROM: click on a word, or simply point to it with your cursor in a Web browser, and the dictionary definition will appear in a small window on your desktop.
Among his useful features I would like to highlight:
-- Up-to-date coverage of both British and American English, written and spoken.
-- A complete reference book, with information on numbers, punctuation,
geographical names, the writing of letters, emails and CVs, irregular verbs, and a useful map section.
-- Easy to use, with rapid-access page design and short cuts to the right meaning in long entries.
-- Full grammar information and many notes show you how to use words in context.
--Topic pages, illustrations, synonyms and opposites help you with vocabulary building.
-- CD-ROM: click on a word, or simply point to it with your cursor in a Web browser, and the dictionary definition will appear in a small window on your desktop.
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