The new look contemporary Oxford Student's Dictionary provides comprehensive vocabulary coverage & language support to upper secondary students preparing for exams & beyond. It contains thousands of cross-curricular words & phrases with example sentences & context to show how language is used in practice. Technical vocabulary special guidance on spelling grammar & usage & additional help with synonyms & word origins help to develop wide-ranging language & writing skills. It is powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus a unique electronic database of millions of words written for children. The clear layout simple definitions pronunciation guides & subject labels make this the perfect language reference tool for secondary school as well as for continued use at home. In addition for free downloadable learning resources word games puzzles & much more go online to the www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools website.