Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

of Current English

A S Hornby

Sixth edition

Edited by Sally Wehmeier Phonetics Editor Michael Ashby

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Contents Preface vi Key to the dictionary vii-x Understanding definitions x-xi Numbers and symbols xii

The Dictionary 1-1508

Topic pages Computing 250-1 Cooking 274-5 Health 598-9 Musical instruments 840-1 Sport 1250-1

Colour illustrations between 388 and 389 Bread, cakes and desserts A1 Fruit A2 Vegetables A3 Clothes and fabrics A4-5 The animal kingdom A6-7 Games and toys A8

Language study pages between 788 and 789 Linking words together B2 Collocation B3 Nouns and adjectives B4-5 Verbs B6-9 Phrasal verbs B10-11 Idioms, B12 Informal letters, faxes, memos and e-mails B13 Formal letters B14 Writing a CV or resume B15 New words B16

Maps Inside front cover The Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Austria and the Swiss Confederation between 1188 and 1189 The globe and the seasons C1 The world C2-3 The British Isles C4-5 Canada, the United States and the Caribbean C6-7 Australia and New Zealand C8

Appendices 1 Irregulär verbs 1509 2 Geographical names 1512 3 Numbers 1517 4 Punctuation 1523 5 Notes onusage 1526 6 Defining vocabulary 1529 7 Pronunciation and phonetic symbols in the dictionary 1538

Inside back cover Abbreviations, symbols and labeis used in the dictionary Key to verb patterns