Cambridge English Language Teaching

Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Sample Page

Key Features

Based on extensive corpus research, this dictionary:

  • Defines more than 2,000 content area words, from algebra to zoology.
  • Highlights more than 1,500 general academic words (like concept, equivalent, and paradigm).
  • Includes more than 60,000 easy-to-understand definitions and useful examples.
  • Highlights common mistakes through Usage, Grammar, and Spelling notes.
  • Expands vocabulary using Word Family and Word Choices boxes.
  • Includes line drawings that help clarify the meanings of difficult terms.
  • Provides useful science, geography, history, and literature appendices, plus covers place names, measurements, prefixes, suffixes, and more.

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

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Hardcover 978-0-521-87143-3
Paperback with CD-ROM for Windows/Mac 978-0-521-69196-3