Download or read book Oxford Basic American Dictionary for learners of English written by Oxford Univ Pr and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-11-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 27,000 words, phrases, and meanings with Academic Word List words and content area vocabulary in math, science, social studies marked 2,000 keyword entries marked, showing the most important words to know in English. 15,000 examples show how words are used. 25 Reference pages with information on punctuation, irregular verbs, geographical names, and more. 500 colour illustrations make it easy to understand more difficult words. Note boxes provide extra help throughout - thesaurus, word building, collocations, pronunciation, grammar, spelling, prefixes, and suffixes. CD-ROM with spoken words and sentences, searchable Picture Dictionary, and Topic Dictionary