The Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary provides definitions for about 170,000 words, phrases and examples and is compiled to offer what learners need most in a dictionary. The Second Edition offers new, up-to-date vocabulary (e.g. sex up, speed-dating, whiteboard), new mini-collocation boxes, and new frequency information to highlight the most important words to learn. The new Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary gives you everything you need to learn English and pass exams!

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References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English
All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable)
Over 200 Common Learner Error notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams
Only words from a defining vocabulary used to help make definitions easy to understand
Over 90,000 examples, mainly full sentences, show you how English is used in context and help you write natural English.
25,000 collocations show the way words work together in English