Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Book & CD ROM) 4th Edition

by Elizabeth Walter

This paperback edition is ideal for advanced (C1-C2) learners of English and contains up-to-date vocabulary, including words from the areas of technology, media, language, society, and lifestyle, plus important words for academic study. With over 140,000 words, phrases, meanings, and examples, hundreds of pictures and illustrations, clear definitions and a new 'Focus on Writing' section, the dictionary is perfect as a reference tool and as a study companion. Informed by the Cambridge International Corpus and correlated to English Vocabulary Profile, it is also ideal for exam preparation. The CD-ROM contains the complete dictionary and recordings in British and American English.

Genres: Dictionaries

1856 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Behrang Bootaki · Rating 5 out of 5]

As the Cambridge University Press has expressed, and I fairly admit this, one of the most advantages of this dictionary over the others, specially Oxford version, is that there is a short, simple and practical word defining the entry. I think this method accelerates the process of that a new word sticks in mind. So after experimenting some dictionaries such as Longman Handy Learner's ... and Oxford Advances Learner's.., I finally decided to focus on this dictionary.

[vierslovski · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really liked the presentation of the words in this dictionary, but it misses some important meanings, that even a pocket-dictionary offers. E.g. Accordingly - there is only one meaning available: 'in a way that is suitable or right for the situation'. It does not tell us that also means 'for that reason; therefore'.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good dictionary. While it does not give derivations of its words, it still contains sentences to understand better how the words is used. Additionally to words, this dictionary also has writing advice and pictures of some words, such as the names of vegetables and fruit, which can only be properly defined through images. I have used this dictionary and its tools many times and gained benefit from it in my studies.