* 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

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.

Longman Active study Dictionary, is perfect for students making the move from bilingual to monolingual dictionaries. Includes: *Thesaurus boxes help students expand their vocabulary *Thousands of collocations show students which words they need to learn as a phrase *3000 Active Words with key infomation including grammar patterns, this allows students to focus on the most important words to learn *Colour photos help students understand meanings more easily and make words more memorable *24-page Longman Learner's Handbook provides more infomation on subjects such as vocabulary building, collocations, phrasal verbs and writing *Clear definitions use only 2000 common words that students can esily understand *Full colour throughout CD-ROM: *Full dictionary text *All headwords and thousands of examples pronounced in British and American English *Record and check your own pronuciation *Interactive excersises - including FCE and IELTS exam practice *Photo dictionary, with photographs, sounds and video clips sorted by category *Pop-up dictionary - instant definitions for words on the Internet or in Word documents