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Longman Web Dictionary |
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Cambridge
Dictionaries Online
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- British English & American English
- designed for ESOL
students
- basic search is free, but need to subscribe for sounds, more examples etc.
- Learner's
Dictionary
- Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- Phrasal Verbs
- Idioms
- Dictionary of
American English
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Ask Oxford
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- British English
- search for word definitions
- quotations
- ask the experts
- fast search
- clear definitions but no pictures or sounds
- please note - the back button is partially disabled on this site which can be irritating
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Merriam Webster Online
Language Center
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- American English dictionary
- Thesaurus
- Medical dictionary
- Click to hear sound of word!
- suitable for ESOL students
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Ultra
Lingua's Web Dictionary
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- American English
- fast search
- synonyms
- conjugations - if you choose this from the top menu you can put in, for example, 'think' and all the tenses are listed - e.g. present tense - I think, you think etc.
- numbers option - converts numbers to text
- references option - grammar references and explanations
- extremely useful for ESOL students
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- American English
- dictionary
- encyclopedia
- atlas
- has adverts
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Enchanted Learning's Online Picture Dictionary
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- American English
- delightful resource for teachers of children - uses pictures, simple explanations , diagrams
- asks for donations but these are not compulsory
- good for browsing, not searching
- useful for ESOL students
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FreeDictionary -
American English
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- searches one or more American English
dictionaries
- includes adverts
- claims to help poor spellers by offering a close match to the wrongly spelled word but I couldn't get this to work with examples I tried
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Dict Org
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- searches American English dictionaries and databases
- you can choose which database is searched
- last updated March 2005
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Wordsmyth
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- suitable for ESOL students
- American English
- increasing encouragement to register (this is free)
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Dictionary.com
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- online searchable English dictionary - this includes advertisements
- includes links to other English online
dictionaries
- includes links to non-English online
dictionaries
- sound available only if you become a premium member
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