Oxford Collocations Dictionary (Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Learners Of English)

The Oxford Collocations Dictionary improves students’ accuracy by showing them the words that work together in both British and American English. Using the dictionary develops a better awareness of which words go together and helps students sound more natural. The dictionary is an essential tool for students preparing for the Cambridge ESOL First Certificate or Proficiency Exam, IELTS, or studying other subjects in English which require writing in English e.g. reports for a science subject, economics. Students look up a word they know to find which words are used with it. Each entry is organized around a word and its collocates. The collocates are grouped by part of speech – i.e. verbs that collocate with the entry are listed together.

Look up a word to find which words are used with it. The dictionary guides you to the right word combination for your context showing you the most frequently used combinations in both British and American English.

Key Features :

• 250,000 word combinations and 9,000 noun, verb, and adjective collocations
• 75,000 examples showing how collocations are used
• 25 usage notes on collocations shared by words such as seasons, currencies, and language
• Pop-up definition and real voice spoken pronunciation for every word in the dictionary
• 17 pre-loaded topics contain useful word lists you can add to or edit
• Create and organize your own lists of favourite words
• Alphabetical index makes it easy to find collocates for any word in the dictionary
• ‘Did you mean…?’ function and wildcard search allow you to find a word even if you don’t know the spelling
• View your History to see the last 100 words you looked up

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