Millions of students around the world have improved their written and spoken English using the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

This exciting new edition will help you:

• write and speak better English
• understand more easily and more quickly
• avoid common mistakes
• learn more effectively

More information, easier to use:

• Easy to understand definitions, written within a defining vocabulary of 3,500 words
• 16 language study pages, full of practical help explaining how English works and how to benefit most from the dictionary
• 8 full-colour pages of geographical maps
• 8 full-colour pages of varied and useful cultural information

An up-to-date picture of today's English:

• The information in the new edition is fully up to date and accurate thanks to Oxford's outstanding language research programme.

Packed with examples:

• This dictionary contains over 90,000 corpus-based examples designed to help you use English words and phrases correctly and appropriately. There are also hundreds of notes, pictures and explanations to make learning easier.