Містить понад 250 000 словосполучень і понад 75 000 ілюстративних прикладів із британської та американської англійської. Британський або американський варіант словосполучення чітко позначений у словнику. Словосполучення згруповані відповідно до частин мови і значення. Численні речення-приклади демонструють словосполучення у контексті. Ілюстровані тематичні сторінки збирають разом словосполучення з різних галузей, таких як спорт, бізнес і комп'ютери. 16 сторінок секції для навчання допомагають студентам отримувати найбільшу користь від словника. СD-ROM містить словник з вимовою відповідних слів, додаткові вправи, а також дозволяє швидко знаходити словосполучення.

Groups words with similar meanings and explains the differences between them. It helps students find the right words so they can say exactly what they mean when both speaking and writing. Students can also explore the entire Thesaurus on the interactive CD-ROM.

Collocations presented for over 4,500 carefully selected key words. Focuses on students’ productive needs. Within each entry, collocations are grouped in semantic sets. Special focus on collocations frequent in academic and professional writing. Incorporates examples for each semantic set to show how collocations are used in context
Easy-to-use layout with all headwords printed in red Usage boxes with grammatical notes, synonyms and alternative expressions. Ideal for IELTS.

This colour edition of Collins Gem English Thesaurus is part of the Collins Gem range - the world's best-selling little dictionaries. With thousands of alternative words, subject lists and a new supplement, this colour edition is ideal for everyday use in home, school and office. Collins Gem English Thesaurus gives you practical, applied knowledge in your pocket. It contains a wide selection of alternative words and opposites, with the most useful words highlighted for ease of reference. The clear colour layout also makes the content easily accessible. Giving you added value, the 'Right Word Guide to Improving Your Writing' supplement provides invaluable tools to help you use language effectively, including lists of commonly misspelled words, spelling rules, easily confusable words, and advice on avoiding cliches and tautologies.

The Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus of Current English is a useful, one-stop reference guide with dictionary and thesaurus entries on the same page. The top section of each page contains the dictionary text, while the lower section gives matching thesaurus entries for many of the words covered by the dictionary, providing easy and convenient reference to both. This new edition has been redesigned and updated with new words and meanings, offering excellent coverage of all the words you need for everyday use

Free downloadable thesaurus skills and activities from www.schooldictionaries.co.uk

This up-to-date, general purpose thesaurus offers over 300,000 alternative and opposite words. Synonyms are given in order of usefulness, showing the most relevant synonym first. Following market research, the third edition of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus now includes even more, highly illustrative, real examples of usage to show synonyms in context and help you to identify the right sense. In addition, there is a brand-new centre section containing thematic and encyclopedic lists, for example of animals, games, and tools, designed to help you broaden your vocabulary, improve your general knowledge, and solve quizzes and puzzles. The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus also has a new design and layout, making it clear and easy to use. It is perfect for all kinds of writing needs: study, letters, reports, creative writing, and for general reference. The thesaurus includes 3 months' access* to Oxford's premium online dictionary and thesaurus service, Oxford Dictionaries Online, updated regularly with the latest developments to words and meanings, so you will have the most accurate picture of English available. Find out more about our living language using Oxford Dictionaries Online.

Chambers Giant Dictionary & Thesaurus offers two books in one: an up-to-date and easy-to-use dictionary with many entries supplemented by thesaurus text. The two texts are completely harmonized, making this a great one-stop resource for reference and creative writing.

Видавництво: Chambers Harrap.

Including over 320,000 synonyms and antonyms, Chambers Giant Thesaurus is a mine of useful and interesting items of vocabulary. Hundreds of special panels provide the names of flowers and sports, rivers and volcanoes, or terms used in finance or mountaineering, just to name a few. In addition, concise notes on easily confused words—such as imply versus infer—help readers to find and use the right word with confidence. Quite simply, Chambers Giant Thesaurus offers much more than any other paperback thesaurus available, with exceptional clarity.

Видавництво: Chambers Harrap.

Drawing on the resources of the world-renowned The Chambers Dictionary, this fully revised edition of The Chambers Thesaurus contains an even greater selection of alternative words than before. It includes modern, up-to-date vocabulary as well as many rare and archaic terms

Developed in association with teachers, the fantastic new Collins Easy Learning Study Dictionary takes a completely new approach to language learning for Junior Secondary students with the innovative addition of an embedded thesaurus. This dictionary has been developed to ensure that the dictionary entries are presented in the most clear, easy-to-use way possible. With full sentence definitions, and examples to show context for every thesaurus synonym, this title combines the best features from Collins' critically-acclaimed School Dictionary and School Thesaurus. Thesaurus entries appear at their dictionary definition, highlighted in blue, making alternative words easier to find than ever before. Word webs, a unique treatment for the most frequently used words in English, really help users get to grips with how the words work.

All the words you need, everyday: the perfect word reference for daily use. With practical usage notes, and a fantastic supplement, this is the ideal thesaurus to take your language use and knowledge further. Specially tailored to meet the needs of the user at home, school, or in the office, the Collins English Thesaurus has all the words and alternatives the user might need, as well as a huge choice of opposites. This thesaurus is based on the Collins Corpus, a 4.5-billion-word database of today’s English. The clear, accessible layout makes the thesaurus easy to use and ensures users can find the language they need when they need it. This edition also includes a 16-page crosswords supplement.

With thousands of alternative words, subject lists and a useful supplement, this colour edition of the Collins Gem English Thesaurus is ideal for everyday use in home, school and office. The handy little thesaurus gives you practical, applied knowledge in your pocket. It contains a wide selection of alternative words and opposites, with the most useful words highlighted for ease of reference. The clear colour layout also makes the content easily accessible. Includes a brand new supplement which tackles questions of style and etiquette thrown up by both traditional and modern forms of communication. From letters to social media updates, it offers guidance and examples.

This new edition of Collins Gem English Thesaurus is part of the Collins Gem range - the world’s best-selling mini dictionaries and thesauruses. This new edition is fully up-to-date, with the newest words to enter the English language, with thousands of synonyms and antonyms. With thousands of alternative words, subject lists and a useful supplement, this color edition of the Collins Gem English Thesaurus is ideal for everyday use in home, school, and office. The handy little thesaurus gives you practical, applied knowledge in your pocket. It contains a wide selection of alternative words and opposites, with the most useful words highlighted for ease of reference. The clear color layout also makes the content easily accessible. Includes a brand new supplement which tackles questions of style and etiquette thrown up by both traditional and modern forms of communication. From letters to social media updates, it offers guidance and examples.

70,000 Collocations help increase Spoken and written fluency. This unique new learning tool combines a collocations dictionary with a thesaurus ensuring learners chose the correct word and collocation every time. It also includes the brand-new Academic Collocations List - the most frequent 2500 collocations used in academic English. Get the full contents of this print dictionary online plus additional collocations, synonyms and interactive practice.

Authoritative, accessible, and completely up to date, this new edition of the popular Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms is an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to build their vocabulary and invigorate their writing skills. Over 140,000 alternative and opposite words are given with the closest, most frequently used synonyms listed first. In addition, thousands of real-life examples of usage from the Oxford English Corpus put the words in the context of sentences, which helps the reader to pinpoint the right word quickly and easily (and avoid embarrassing mistakes). Wordfinder section offers a selection of thematic lists from chemical elements and clothing to phobias and flowers; a Common onfusables supplement highlights the crucial differences between similar words that are often mixed up.

The best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (formerly the Concise dictionary) provides clear, concise, and often witty definitions of the most troublesome literary terms from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. It is now available in a new and expanded edition and includes increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, and schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, and crime fiction. It includes extensive coverage of traditional drama, versification, rhetoric, and literary history, as well as updated and extended advice on recommended further reading and a pronunciation guide to more than 200 terms. New to this edition are recommended entry-level web links updated via the Dictionary of Literary Terms companion website.

This robust, clearly designed thesaurus provides a wide range of alternatives and opposites for thousands of common words. Special panels list related words for dozens of different subjects.

This small thesaurus offers 120,000 synonyms and antonyms in a quick and easy-to-use format. Synonyms are arranged in order of their closeness in meaning to the entry word, with the closest one given first and printed in bold type to make it easier to find what you're looking for. Improve your vocabulary with our Word Links, a feature that provides extra vocabulary related to a selection of key entries.