Author : Oxford Dictionary,
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 MB
Release : 2012-05-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780192756916
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 finishing primary and going on to secondary school. Easy to use and with a sturdy binding, it is the perfect one volume reference tool.
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Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,14 MB
Release : 2002
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780199108503
The Oxford School Thesaurus is specially written to encourage users to find new or alternative words quickly and easily. It is the perfect tool to improve writing skills and build vocabulary, with over 150,000 synonyms to choose from.Special Features:* Headwords in bold to find words more easily.* Cross-references to signpost other useful words.* Antonyms to extend vocabulary further.* Panels give groups of related words to widen vocabulary.Features:* Parts of speech to build grammatical skills.* Up-to-date sentences and phrases to show how words are used in context.* Labels to encourage accurate use of language.* Idiomatic phrases to show the more common use of words.
Author : Robert Allen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,25 MB
Release : 2007-05
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780199113736
The Oxford Mini School Dictionary and Thesaurus is a major new title from Oxford especially written for 10+ years that offers a dictionary and a thesaurus in one volume, in colour. It is the best quick reference tool available today and will be particularly useful for primary school leaverswho are preparing to start secondary school. Packed with information, the dictionary includes over 40,000 words and phrases, up-to-date words from the curriculum, international vocabulary, and new words from ICT, and the thesaurus includes over 100,000 synonyms and alternative words. The clear andaccessible design, the alphabet down the side of every page, and matching dictionary and thesaurus entries on the same page, makes finding the word you are looking for quick and easy. A special supplement on tricky words, confusable words, overused words and idioms, will give pupils all the readingand writing support they need. The Oxford Mini School Dictionary and Thesaurus is compact enough to fit into any pocket, has a durable, vinyl cover and is perfect to use at home and at school.
Author : John A. Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 31,40 MB
Release : 2002-04-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780195218893
The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.
Author : Susan Rennie
Publisher :
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 12,63 MB
Release : 2018-09-06
Category :
ISBN : 9780192768605
This new edition of the Oxford Primary Thesaurus is bursting with thousands of synonyms, writing tips, overused words and word webs which will enrich children's writing. Entries are simple and clear, and include example sentences from children's favourite authors model how to use differentwords in context. Alphabet tabs on every page make navigation very easy. Extra writing support is given for overused words such as nice and good, topic vocabulary at words such as animal or castle, and writing tips at words such as food, weather and clothes suggest ways to create colourfuldescriptions. Finding new and alternative words is easy, quick and fun. The Oxford Primary Thesaurus is an invaluable reference tool for pupils to reflect, edit and improve their writing. An ideal companion to the new updated edition of the Oxford Primary Dictionary. Go online at www.oxfordschooldictionaries.com for the accompanying free downloadable activities.
Author : Oxford Dictionaries,
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,67 MB
Release : 2012-05-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780192756985
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. Ideal support for Controlled Assessments.
Author : Oxford Dictionaries,
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,32 MB
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780199692637
An easy-to-use integrated dictionary and thesaurus containing 40,000 up-to-date words, phrases, and definitions and 65,000 synonyms and antonyms.
Author : Maurice Waite
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780198603719
This new edition of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus forms part of a new range of Oxford thesauruses derived from the New Oxford Thesaurus of English. It is ideal for all kinds of writing needs - for study, at home, or in the office - and it offers excellent value for money, having more alternative and opposite words than any other thesaurus at this price point. In addition, the closest and most useful alternative words are given first, with words which are closest in meaning to the entry word given in capitals, thousands of example phrases help you to select the correct word, and opposites and related terms are clearly marked.
Author : Merriam-Webster
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,57 MB
Release : 2013-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781596951471
Combined alphabetically, offers over sixty thousand dictionary entries and more than one hundred thousand thesaurus entries.
Author : Robert Allen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,47 MB
Release : 2007
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780199115358
This is a fresh new look, in colour, for the 2007 edition of the Oxford School Thesaurus. This authoritative thesaurus is an ideal companion to the comprehensive Oxford School Dictionary. Each entry is in alphabetical order, with its word class and a broad range of imaginative synonyms withsupporting example sentences. Guidewords at the top of each page and the full alphabet with a tab on the letter of the page make it very easy to navigate; the page design is clear and straightforward. It features 50 useful tinted panels that give an increased number of synonyms for words that areoften overused, for example put , nice, or say. There are also almost 90 topic panels - themes that students are often writing about. These focus on vocabulary connected to the topic, for example, when writing about the weather there are general words to do with the weather, plus meteorologicalinstruments, words to do with air pressure, to do with rain or other precipitation, to do with sky and clouds, to do with temperature or to do with wind. A wealth of material in a very solid package.
