Oxford advanced learner's dictionary of current English /
Advanced learner's dictionary
A.S. Hornby
- 7th ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2005.
- xii, 1715 p : ill ; 24 cm.
Contains 183,500 British and American words, phrases, and meanings, as well as 85,000 examples showing how words are used. This work explains 20,000 word origins on the COMPASS CD-ROM. It includes over 2,000 words and meanings from British and American English, such as offshoring, life coach, sex up, wi-fi.