About the dictionaries
Use OALECD to understand what words mean, learn how to say them, and know how to use them.
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| The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus helps you understand the differences between familiar words such as easy and simple, while learning words you may not know such as effortless, painless, and plain sailing. Understand the differences between similar words, find the right words to say exactly what you mean, and enrich your vocabulary
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| In English you say strong wind but heavy rain. It would not be normal to say heavy wind or strong rain. What other adjectives can we use to describe the rain? What verbs do we often use with 'rain'? The Oxford Collocations Dictionary shows you which words work together. It helps you express your ideas naturally and convincingly and is very useful for writing essay and reports.
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| Can you tell the differences between words like 'customer', 'client', and 'clientele'? What does 'security' mean and how is the word used in finance and law? What does 'elasticity of demand' refer to in economics? This dictionary gives you all the help and information you need to do business in English.
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Helping you make light work of idioms
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All the help you need to get plugged in to phrasal verbs
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American English differs from British English not only in pronunciation (tomato, writer) but also in vocabulary (elevator, hydro), spelling (center, catalog), and grammar (I just saw her, your English has gotten better). This dictionary is written specifically for learners of American English.
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