Let the Macmillan English Dictionary open up your world!
ISBN: 9780333966686
NEW hundreds of new words (satnav, greenwash, carbon trading, adspend, crystal meth,
cyberlaw, geoeconomics)
NEW many more collocations, synonyms and antonyms
NEW extra clearly labelled subject-specific vocabulary (equity capital, faultline, heritage
language, link rot, culture medium, data compression)
NEW multi-page vocabulary building sections on the themes of movement, communication and emotions
NEW a complete package of unique, carefully researched materials based on a detailed
analysis of learners' own writing.
Full-page writing sections and Get it right boxes help you to become a more confident writer
in academic and professional situations. This material has been created following a two-year collaboration with the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics, led by Professor Sylviane
Granger, at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium.
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* more information about the most frequent 7,500 words which are printed in red
* collocation boxes
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* become a better learner by understanding how English works
* metaphor boxes
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* Language Awareness pages on idioms, discourse, cultural values, word formation and more