Product Description

The Second edition of the Macmillan English Dictionary now contains a wealth of new material, while building on the innovative features that won it two prestigious awards.
The most frequently used 7,500 words in English- the ideal vocabulary size for an advanced learner are printed in red, graded with stars, and explained with extra detail about how you should use them.
The new edition includes;

*Hundreds of news word,
*Many more collocations, synonyms and antonyms
*Extra clearly labelled subject- specific vocabulary
*Multi- page vocabulary building sections on the themes of movement, communication and emotions
*A complete package of unique, carefully researched materials based on a detailed analysis of learners' own writing. Full page writing sections and Get it right boxes help you become a more confident writer in academic and professional situations. This material has been created following a two year collaboration with the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics, led by Professor Sylviane Granger, at the Universite catholique at Louvain in Belgium.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25025 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 1872 pages

Customer Reviews

a GREAT but SLOW dictionary
I bought this dictionary a few days ago. I had already purchased its previous version and was therefore not new to it. The printing copy is simply gorgeous to put mildly and contains many eye-catching enhancements that make consulting a real joy. The CD version is also marvellous and has been greatly improved over the former except for one thing: SPEED! I had no problems with speed using version one on my computer. It was reasonably fast and in many cases searching a word was rather immediate. However, version two is painstakingly slow and it takes relatively a long time for letters you are typing to appear on the screen let alone searching for their meanings! I understand that Macmillan has made every effort to make its software more complete and powerful than before but the price of it is a tremendous sluggishness that challenge the patience of most users.

Excellent!
This new edition of the Macmillan Dictionary is probably the best dictionary currently available for Advanced Learners of English as a second language. The wealth of information is amazing and it is a real treat to study English with such an unbelievable reference tool.
I am a big fan of other dictionaries such as Longman and Cobuild which are also quite good but in my opinion the Macmillan is several lengths ahead of them, although I must admit the newly published Longman Exam Dictionary is quite a serious contender and should also be highly recommended.
I happily disagree with Amirshahi, the other reviewer: the cd-rom works very well indeed and is quite fast on my laptop computer(I am still using Windows XP). Perhaps, Amirshahi, you should have specified which operating system you were using.

the must of english dictionary
I think this item is the most complete dictionary of last years and I think I will use it for about other 10 year.
It's easy to use, has lot of pictures and good,simple but complete definition.It also has phonetic pronunciation and it's great for a foreigner to improve English