This dictionary aims to make learning and understanding vocabulary easy and clear. It contains integrated thesaurus boxes and topic boxes allowing students to expand their vocabulary, and 3000 active words point students to the key words they need to know.

* Easy to understand all definitions are written using the Longman Defining Vocabulary of 2000 common words * Real examples from the Longman Corpus Network * Expands students' vocabulary with thesaurus boxes and topic boxes * Helps students focus on the most important words they need to know by highlighting 3000 common words in red * Longman Learner's Handbook includes information about vocabulary building, collocations, phrasal verbs and writing * Extra exam practice on the CD-ROM for KET, PET, FCE and IELTS * Helps students improve their pronunciation with spoken headwords and a recording function on the CD-ROM

Clear Definitions Your students will always understand the definitions, no matter how difficult or technical the word they are looking up. All definitions are written using the Longman Defining Vocabulary of just 2000 common words. Real Examples Your students will learn real, natural English. All the 155,000 examples are based on the Longman Corpus Network, and provide students with useful model sentences for their own writing. Frequency Information The 3000 most frequent words in both spoken and written English are highlighted - only Longman dictionaries do this. Longman Writing Assistant Your students need never get it wrong again The Longman Writing Assistant is a handy pop-up tool students can use while writing to find information on word choice, grammar, collocations and how to avoid common errors Teacher Support * Create instant dictionary lessons from ready-made lesson plans on the CD-ROM * Download extra resources and activities from the Companion Website at www.ldoce.com * Improve your students' exam skills by teaching them how to work with the self-study sections on the CD-ROM