Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

Oxford Speaking Tutor (new 10-page section) helps students develop the skills they need for speaking tasks in international exams and develop strategies for handling general conversation. The exam speaking tasks are included in the iSpeaker (Extended Speaking section), allowing students to record and assess themselves.

Oxford iSpeaker (on DVD and online) helps students with Pronunciation, Everyday Speaking, and Extended Speaking. Students watch videos of pronounced British and American sounds, conversations, and exam-style tasks. They improve their pronunciation with interactive activities. They can record themselves participating in dialogues, doing exam tasks, and reviewing their progress.

Over 700 new words and meanings that are now part of the language cover technology, lifestyle, etc., for example, best friend, contactless, defriend, live-stream, man up, shale gas, spendy, and web hosting. It also includes a selection of new words from other varieties of English, for example, Indian English, East African English, and South African English.

40 new Express Yourself notes help learners find the right thing to say in everyday situations. These are practiced in the iSpeaker (Everyday Speaking section) dialogues.

Overview of Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Features

• Find any word; either search or double-click words in entries to look them up.
• Improve pronunciation: with British and American pronunciation of all words.
• Understand meanings: entries are written using only the Oxford 3000™ keywords
• Learn synonyms, collocations (words that go together), and everyday expressions.
• Use color illustrations to enrich your vocabulary.
• Study phrasal verbs and idioms.
• Browse the topic dictionaries and wordlists for groups of related vocabulary.
• Improve your pronunciation and speaking skills with the speaker.
• Improve your writing in English with the iWriter.
• Please create your lists of words to learn and test yourself on them with My Wordlists.
• Watch videos, find lesson plans, and download PDF worksheets in our Resources section for use in class or for self-study.

Technical Details and System Requirements for Dictionary

• Supported OS: Windows 11 / Windows 10 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 7
• Processor: Multicore Intel Series or above, Xeon or AMD equivalent
• RAM: 4GB (8GB or more recommended)
• Free Hard Disk Space: 8GB or more recommended