
A one-stop dictionary & thesaurus for upper primary students The Oxford School Dictionary & Thesaurus combines a comprehensive dictionary at the top of the page with a companion thesaurus at the bottom for the upper primary student moving into secondary school The dictionary contains clear simple definitions up-to-date example sentences & support on spelling grammar & punctuation The thesaurus provides thousands of up-to-date synonyms arranged by the meaning that is closest to that of the headword instead of alphabetically to enable users to select the most accurate alternative Having the dictionary & thesaurus entry on the same page makes it a very easy-to-use one-volume reference tool It is powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus a unique electronic database of millions of words of writing for children Plus for downloadable word games puzzles & activities go online to the wwwoxforddictionariescomschools website