A major new edition of the trusted bestselling comprehensive Oxford School Dictionary with new curriculum support This fantastic new edition will boost your children's vocabulary with new words & meanings from across the curriculum A helpful new spelling grammar & punctuation section is included to enhance language skills & bring the dictionary right up to date What makes it the best? It is uniquely powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus the largest bank of children's language in English so you can be confident that all entries are clearly written in child-friendly language that children actually understand Each example is perfectly age-appropriate making it easy & enjoyable for every child to use New for this edition is a robust supplement on spelling grammar & punctuation giving targeted help with the tricky bits making this dictionary the perfect tool to support children in their journey to become good readers & writers As usual it has been extensively trialled with schools so you can be sure it is still the best dictionary for your children in a durable hardback format Further help with writing skills is available in the updated new edition of the companion Oxford School Thesaurus Looking for great word activities to match this dictionary? Find fun downloadable activities puzzles & word games at wwwoxforddictionariescomschools ...

A major new edition of the trusted bestselling comprehensive Oxford School Dictionary with new curriculum support This fantastic new edition will boost your children's vocabulary with new words & meanings from across the curriculum A helpful new spelling grammar & punctuation section is included to enhance language skills & bring the dictionary up to date What makes it the best? It is uniquely powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus the largest bank of children's language in English so you can be confident that all entries are clearly written in child-friendly language that children actually understand Each example is perfectly age-appropriate making it easy & enjoyable for every child to use New for this edition is a robust supplement on spelling grammar & punctuation giving targeted help with the tricky bits making this dictionary the perfect tool to support children in their journey to become good readers & writers As usual it has been extensively trialled with schools so you can be sure it is still the best dictionary for your children in a handy pocket-sized format Further help with writing skills is available in the updated new edition of the companion Oxford School Thesaurus Looking for great word activities to match this dictionary? Find fun downloadable activities puzzles & word games at wwwoxforddictionariescomschools ...

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 ...

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 ...

This new paperback edition of the Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins gives an engaging insight into the origins of the everyday language we use It provides additional language support & information through funny & absorbing word histories feature entries on especially curious 'yucky' & 'mind-boggling' words & a full thematic section on words from the worlds of food fashion dinosaur names invented & onomatopoeic words & much more John Ayto top word expert entertains all ages from eight to eighty with this informative & humorous dictionary & language reference tool Downloadable learning resources word games puzzles & much more are available for additional online support at wwwoxforddictionariescomschools ...

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