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Search functions that let students find subject area, general academic vocabulary, parts of speech, grammar, and usage labels

Audio recordings of all entry words are included, and students can record their own pronunciation for comparison

SMART Thesaurus, a unique tool that turns the dictionary into a thesaurus

QUICKfind software that looks up the words at which a cursor is pointed in documents, e-mail, and Web pages

Click here to see a list of content areas included on the CD-ROM along with sample words from each area!

Advanced Search lets you find content-area vocabulary.

Advanced Search also lets you search for more than one type of item at a time — you can look for all the verbs (1) that are general academic words (2)

Students can listen to a recorded pronunciation of every word in the dictionary by clicking on the blue speaker icon (1). Then they can make their own recording of the word for comparison (2).

Click on the SMART Thesaurus button in any entry to open the thesaurus window. You can then browse all the words related to the word with which you began.