Collins COBUILD Advanced English Learner's Dictionary (English Edition)

Author: Collins
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Publication Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Compared to other similar English dictionaries, this dictionary breaks through the traditional formats and models long adhered to by conventional dictionaries, offering greater innovation, informativeness, and practicality. Its features are specifically reflected in the following aspects:
1. All the corpus is sourced from the 645 million-word corpus Bank of English. This dictionary includes over 75,000 example sentences, all derived from this corpus, making them more authentic, reliable, and natural. Meanwhile, the continuous updating of corpus content ensures that this dictionary provides a faithful and comprehensive description of contemporary English.
2. The definition style is unique, employing full-sentence definitions. Unlike previous dictionaries, this one incorporates all 110,000 definitions into natural and fluent complete sentences, describing the real context of word usage, making it clear for learners to understand the meaning and usage of vocabulary at a glance. This innovative definition style has been highly praised by many dictionary experts and has been emulated by many other dictionaries. Additionally, the definitions are limited to 2,500 common words, making them clear and easy to understand for readers with high school-level English or above.
3. Additional columns are added, providing concentrated information on word frequency, grammar, collocations, synonyms, antonyms, register, and pragmatics, among other aspects. The layout is clear and convenient for readers to quickly find definitions, examples, and related usage information.
4. Special attention is given to common words. Innovatively, it uses three diamond symbols to provide frequency information for word entries, indicating their usage frequency, which is more helpful for readers to master vivid and authentic English.
Backed by a vast corpus, this dictionary offers an authoritative and comprehensive description of contemporary English, with innovative advantages different from traditional dictionaries. For Chinese English learners, it is truly an indispensable reference tool.