![]() ![]() Pronounce such inflected forms incorrectly, so the recordings can be helpful. Open, but also for opens, opening, and opened. We liked one thing about the recordings: You can listen to all the forms ofįor example, in the page for open there is a recording for HarperCollins used to create the definitions and choose the example sentencesĬar, heart, fire, hour, hair, near, lot, claw, more, lure, turn, forget, Is part of the “Bank of English”, a much larger collection which Sentences from English-language books, articles, conversations, etc. The CD-ROM also contains a “ Wordbank” - a collection of Picture of how a word is used in the English language. Together, the definition and the example sentences give you an almost complete Structures containing the word - both in the definition and example sentences. TheĪnswers this question very well by giving the most important phrases and grammar But you should also ask the question “ What can I do with it?”. When you look up a word in a dictionary, you should be interested in what the word You can read more about them in our review of the book version. Same great definitions and example sentences as the paper edition. We love software dictionaries, so we were very excited to learn about theĬOBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary from HarperCollins Publishers. ![]() It also has no phonetic transcriptions and no Wordbank. In fact, the slowest and buggiest PC dictionary on the market. Warning: The latest, 6th edition of this dictionary (published in 2008) is completely different software: This edition has phonetic transcriptions and works better than the 4th edition (2003).Īs of January 2009, the 5th edition is still available online (scroll down for links). This review describes the 5th edition of theĬollins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary CD-ROM (published in 2006). ![]() ![]() The software it describes is most likely unavailable.Ģ009 comparative review where I compare this dictionary with three other dictionaries for advanced learners. It was updated for the 4th edition in 2004, and It was originally written in 2001 and covered the 3rd edition of the dictionary. ![]()
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