Longman Advanced American Dictionary, Hardcover [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Publication Date: October 2, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0582317290 | ISBN-13: 978-0582317291 | Edition: 1st

*84,000 words and phrases *3000 frequent words highlighted *Signposts -- to find meanings faster in longer entries *Thousands of example sentences *Language notes

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1760 pages
• Publisher: Pearson ESL; 1st edition (October 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0582317290
• ISBN-13: 978-0582317291
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,098,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Dictionary for learning American English!, January 18, 2003

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Lee, Chang-min (Seoul, South Korea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Longman Advanced American Dictionary & CD (Paperback)

I bought this dictionary in 2002. I had to choose an English-English dictionary among English dictionaries: Longman, Oxford, Cambridge, Macmillan, Collins Cobuild... etc. I chose a dictionary, Longman Advanced Dictionary(CD-ROM included, Paperback). As I opened the dictionary, I was surprised! The layout was clear and systematic! And Usage Notes are most useful for me! And meanings of words are so easy to understand because Longman editors tried to explain meanings within 2000 common words. Although it is edited for ESL learners, but it might be good for upper-intermediate or higher-level EFL learners.
The dictionary faithfully reflects American English(spelling, pronunciation, spoken phrase) than other dictionaries. CD-ROM pronunces words nearly typical American English.
...) and this dictionary is for advanced learners, this dictionary is not difficult for me to understand meanings of words. Perhaps, Longman dictionaries explain meanings of word more easily.
I highly recommend it...
Anyway, Longman dictionaries are the best for me!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great dictionary!, January 15, 2004

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doudou1229 "doudou1229" (Irvine, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Longman Advanced American Dictionary & CD (Paperback)

This is one of the best dictionaries I've ever had. The explanations are easy to understand, and the usage notes are very helpful. I especially like the phrases and example sentences. In some dictionaries, examples of usage are just few words. So it's often difficult to learn how to use those words. But with full sentences as examples, using the new words you just learnt is made much easier.

However I don't think it's necessary to include TOEFL and TOEIC exam information in this dictionary. There are lots of tests out there, why just these 2? Well this is a useful book for TOEFL, but people who are not taking TOEFL should not pay the extra.

If you are taking GRE, buy Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary or the smaller Merriam-Webster dictionary. Some GRE vocabulary tests come exactly from those words used in their explanations. But if GRE is not the target, I think this dictionary is more useful.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Do you want to learn advanced english?, August 1, 2001

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Jay "Jay" (PRESCOTT, AZ, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Longman Advanced American Dictionary, Hardcover (Hardcover)

This dictionary makes my english progress faster everyday. this one is advanced and supplemented version of Longman Dictionary of American English. I have found some words are missing at the Longman Dictionary of American English. But not this one. All definitions are written using only 2,000 easy words, and the meaning is easy to understand. Its layout is clear and comfortable to look for words and meanings. There are a lot of pictures and photos helping to visualize definitions. It is helpful for studying english because there are signs for the most popular words in spoken and written american english . If you want to learn higher level english, this dictionary is the one. However, this one is not perfect. The filp side is to be heavy that sometimes you don't want to carry with you.