Oxford School Dictionary (Oxford Dictionary)

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A major, new edition of the reliable and bestselling Oxford School Dictionary with brand new curriculum support.

This fantastic and essential reference book aims to enhance your children’s vocabulary, with the discovery of new words and meanings that they will begin to learn from across the curriculum. It also now features a unique selection of fictional words for creatures or places from children’s reading and writing.Children will discover example sentences from the authors they love to read, such as Cressida Cowell, Roald Dahl and J.

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. A major new edition of the trusted, bestselling, comprehensive Oxford School Dictionary in paperback. This new edition of the bestselling Oxford School Dictionary in hardback has contemporary, comprehensive vocabulary coverage, example sentences, and fascinating word origins. 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. This new edition of the Oxford Primary Dictionary in hardback supports the curriculum’s higher vocabulary expectations by including more varied vocabulary.Use of the code AUTUMN23 or WINTER23 will supersede any other promotions that may have been activated. Also, included is a helpful new spelling, grammar and punctuation section, which is aimed to enhance language skills and bring the dictionary up to date. This fantastic new edition will boost your children’s vocabulary with new words and meanings from across the curriculum.

Easy-to-use with clear entries and examples from the books children love reading, plus curriculum help, it is the ideal dictionary for children aged 8+. The dictionary supports students with their language and spelling skills, and helps with the transition from primary to secondary. Are you a librarian considering a subscription (or wondering whether you should have yours renewed)?

The Oxford English Dictionary for Schools is a unique KS3 dictionary covering all secondary curriculum words and example sentences from the best children’s books included in the dictionary entries. Our Privacy Policy sets out how Oxford University Press handles your personal information, and your rights to object to your personal information being used for marketing to you or being processed as part of our business activities. Further help with writing skills is available in the updated new edition of the companion Oxford School Thesaurus. The updated supplement provides grammar and punctuation information to support children’s reading and writing, making it the ideal dictionary for boosting reading skills and building word power.