The Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary (3th edition) is the latest dictionary for learners from HarperCollins Publishers. The previous (third) edition of this dictionary (published in 2001) was titled "Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary" and the second edition (1995) simply "Collins COBUILD English Dictionary". There are important differences between the current edition and the previous one.
In this review, we will often write "CCED" instead of the dictionary's long name.
The basics
* The CCED is an English-English (monolingual) dictionary, so it is written only in English. Beginners may be afraid of this, but we think that learners should begin to use an English-English dictionary as early as possible. If you can understand this article, we think you should use a monolingual dictionary.
* It has example sentences for almost every meaning of every word. Example sentences are the most important thing in a dictionary for learners, because they show you how to use a word.
* It has phonetic transcriptions, so you can read how to pronounce every word. The transcriptions are based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) — the most popular phonetic alphabet in the world.
* It is a software dictionary as well as a paper one — a CD-ROM is included with the book.
In conclusion, the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary has all the necessary features of a dictionary for the serious learner. Now let's see what is special about this dictionary...
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