Contemporary English Collocation Dictionary

Author: Guo Jieke
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: This dictionary is a reference tool compiled for English workers and learners to look up and study common English collocations. It includes approximately 11,400 common words and introduces their grammatical and lexical collocations around these headwords. In addition to providing definitions and word collocations, this dictionary has the following five features:
- Verbs list common verb patterns to help readers construct sentences correctly.
- It points out the main differences in word usage and idiomatic expressions between British English and American English.
- It notes the stylistic features of words, indicating which ones are more suitable for formal contexts and which are commonly used in informal settings.
- It adds usage notes when necessary to supplement explanations on the usage, collocations, and differences between British and American English of the words being defined.
- It includes some new collocations that reflect the development of contemporary English.