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Comparative review of dictionaries for English learners:
- Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary (5th and 6th edition)
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
Comparative review of English pronunciation dictionaries:
- Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
- Longman Pronunciation Dictionary
Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary CD-ROM — a cheap, comprehensive dictionary of American English with phonetic transcriptions and American recordings. Suitable for native speakers and learners interested in American English.
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary (4th/5th/6th edition) with CD-ROM — It’s very easy to learn English from this dictionary, because it is full of real sentences from English books, newspapers, recordings, etc. Even the definitions are full sentences. The CD-ROM includes a Wordbank with even more example sentences.
Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (17th edition) with CD-ROM — This dictionary is useful when your normal dictionary does not give the pronunciation of a rare word, a person’s name, a company name, etc. It has more pronunciations than normal dictionaries and can be helpful as an authority when you have doubts about a transcription in your normal dictionary. The CD version also has pronunciation exercises for British English.