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Oxford Dictionaries
An easy-to-use family thesaurus to boost wordpower and spark creative writing with new vocabulary-building activities, over 40,000 synonyms and examples to help you pick the best words. Packed with high-quality…
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The Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools is carefully targeted to support secondary school students, to extend vocabulary, improve spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and to inspire them to become confident writers…
This reference dictionary for secondary school has a new section on vocabulary to support word building and usage. It is an accessible guide to spelling, grammar and punctuation, and is…
An important new edition of the bestselling mini thesaurus, with new words on contemporary topics such as technology, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Focused coverage of words, synonyms and…
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This special edition of the Oxford Learner's Spanish Dictionary has been specifically written for students learning Spanish in the Caribbean, from those who are just starting out, all the way…
Oxford Dictionary
Based on a vast database of over two hundred million words, the Oxford Pocket American Dictionary of Current English offers superb coverage of American English. It includes more than 180,000…
The Oxford School Dictionary & Thesaurus is a comprehensive one-stop shop for definitions, curriculum vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and punctuation as well as synonyms and writing tips. It is ideal students…
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Ideal for students preparing for exams, this new edition of the Student’s Dictionary has been fully updated and revised. The exam supplement targets key grammar, spelling and punctuation issues that…
A new edition of the popular Oxford Children’s Dictionary, ideal for homework help with updated text and a new supplement on punctuation, grammar and spelling.
A new edition of the popular Oxford Children’s Thesaurus, ideal for homework with updated text and a new Creative Writing supplement.
Ideal for students preparing for exams, this new edition of the Student’s Thesaurus provides advanced vocabulary to enrich writing across the curriculum. With a clear layout and real life examples…
The Oxford Mini School Dictionary and Thesaurus is the perfect one-volume reference tool. Ideal for school bags in this handy mini format, it is packed with curriculum vocabulary, and language…
New edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Thesaurus with thousands of synonyms, writing tips, overused words and word webs to build writing skills. Includes simple entries, word lists and features…
Major new edition of the Oxford First Dictionary in paperback includes new words and more pages to improve spelling, extend vocabulary and support comprehension in the curriculum. Its accessible alphabetical…
New edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Dictionary with over 7000 cross curricular words to build vocabulary and language skills. Includes simple and clear entries, topic word lists to support…
New edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Dictionary with over 7000 words from across the curriculum to build vocabulary and language skills. Includes simple and clear entries, topic word lists…
New edition of this family dictionary to boost spelling and improve vocabulary. With over 50,000 words (including school subject vocabulary), puzzles and artwork and photographs to support entries, child-friendly and…
The Oxford English Dictionary for Schools is carefully targeted to support secondary school students with their independent reference skills, to improve their spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and to build vocabulary…
The Oxford Student’s Mathematics Dictionary provides comprehensive revision and exam support to secondary school students. This fully updated new edition has more words to match the new curriculum requirements and…
Oxford Children’s Rhyming Words is full of rhyming words, illustrations and poems. Creative writing, poetry, raps and lyrics are easy with the words in one place. Includes the words children…
This new edition of the bestselling Oxford Mini School Dictionary has contemporary and comprehensive vocabulary coverage. New words and up-to-date definitions support today’s students with their language and spelling skills…
This important new edition of the bestselling Oxford School Dictionary has contemporary and comprehensive vocabulary coverage. New words and up-to-date definitions support today’s students with their language and spelling skills…
An important new edition of the bestselling thesaurus, with new words on contemporary topics such as technology, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Focused coverage of words, synonyms and antonyms…
This new edition of the Oxford Children’s Colour Dictionary is ideal for a head start in reading, writing and spelling at primary school. With clear definitions and helpful notes, and…
The Pocket Oxford American Dictionary & Thesaurus is a portable, all-in-one reference, seamlessly combining dictionary and thesaurus entries into one text. In addition to finding meanings, synonyms, and antonyms for…
Jayme Adelson-Goldstein, Norma Shapiro
The Oxford Picture Dictionary Third Edition provides unparalleled support for vocabulary teaching to meet the needs of today's English language learners, presenting over 4,000 English words and phrases with meaningful…
A new easy-to-use Chinese dictionary, specifically suited to adult beginner level, offering all the words and phrases you’ll need as a beginner, plus a complete learning and lifestyle kit with…
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Oxford Languages
This new dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of essential French and English, and extra help with French and English verbs and pronunciation, all in a compact and affordable format.
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This new dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of essential Russian and English, and extra help with Russian and English verbs and pronunciation, all in a compact and affordable format.
This new dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of essential Portuguese and English, and extra help with Portuguese and English verbs and pronunciation, all in a compact and affordable format.
Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester’s The Surgeon of Crowthorne was an international bestseller and tells an extraordinary true story of murder, madness and an extraordinary friendship in the nineteenth century. It is the…
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A book about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and the love of words. It tells of the relationship between the dictionary editor and one of its main contributors…
This is a durable, affordable, and portable hardback dictionary and thesaurus combined. It features a clear new design with integrated dictionary and thesaurus entries for ease of use, and has…
This new edition of the Pocket Oxford Thesaurus features over 230,000 synonyms and antonyms, to help you with all your everyday writing needs. This edition has been fully updated and…
The most comprehensive bilingual Spanish dictionary of its kind. Authoritative, up-to-date coverage accessible through a clear colour layout. Now with new entry menu to help navigate longer entries. Additional materials…
The most accurate English-Arabic / Arabic-English dictionary ever published, based on real modern evidence of both English and Arabic with over 130,000 words and phrases and 200,000 translations.
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An authoritative and easy-to-use dictionary, containing 90,000 words, phrases, and definitions, with a brand-new Factfinder centre section with information on countries of the world and prime ministers, plus spelling and…
With dictionary and thesaurus entries combined for ease of use, and a fresh, clear design, the Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus provides quick solutions to everyday language queries.
The Oxford Dictionary of Current English is the most comprehensive paperback dictionary of its kind, providing full and up-to-date coverage of English as it is used today around the world.
Over 500 words, in alphabetical order, with funny, useful, and interesting phrases to explain their meanings. The antics of Val Biro’s monkeys, cats, mice, frogs and many other characters, make…
This is the top of the range Dictionary and Thesaurus, the ideal all-in-one reference tool. It has a fresh design, based on market research into user needs, with a combined…
Sarah Ogilvie
The people's history of the first great crowdsourcing experiment of the Victorian age - the Oxford English Dictionary
A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define…
An authoritative and easy-to-use dictionary and thesaurus in one volume containing 45,000 words, phrases, and definitions and 65,000 synonyms.
This entertaining book gives a history of a selection of our best-loved catchphrases, paying homage to the human nature of adopting a common bond through language.
