Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English

Albert Sydney Hornby

Oxford University Press, 2005 - English language - 1899 pages

A new, completely rewritten edition of the OALD for learners of English. Includes many terms connected with the Internet and electronic communication. 4,500 words and meanings are new to this edition. Covers both British and American English, and colloquial as well as formal English. All information is authenticated by the British National Corpus and the Corpus of American English.

Contents

• The earth and the solar system: 1781
• Australia and New Zealand: 1788
• R6 Musical instruments: R-6
• R12 Fruit and vegetables: R-12
• R18 Health: R-18
• R24 Extreme sports: R-24
• R99 The Oxford 3000: R-98

About the author

Sally Wehmeier is the editor of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, sixth edition. She has worked in the English Language Teaching Division of Oxford University Press since 1987. She was the first editor of the popular and successful Oxford Wordpower Dictionary, before undertaking amajor revision of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, published in 2000. Before she joined Oxford University Press, Sally was a teacher of German and English as a Foreign Language. Her career included eight years teaching English at all levels in a grammar school in Frankfurt on Main. Editingdictionaries for learners combines her interest in language and teaching.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English
• Author: Albert Sydney Hornby
• Editors: Sally Wehmeier, Colin McIntosh, Joanna Turnbull
• Edition: 7, illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Jun 22, 2011
• ISBN: 0194001024, 9780194001021
• Length: 1899 pages