Oxford Mini School Dictionary

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This new edition of the bestselling Oxford Mini School Dictionary has contemporary and comprehensive vocabulary coverage. New words and up-to-date definitions support today's students with their language and spelling skills. Complete with example sentences and word origins, this handy dictionary helps with the transition from primary to secondary. This pocket-sized edition of the bestselling Oxford School Dictionary is filled with contemporary, relevant, and comprehensive vocabulary, perfect for use by children aged 10+ at home or in the classroom. Complete with example sentences, fascinating word origins, and grammar and punctuation panels, this handy dictionary supports today's students with their language and spelling skills, and helps with the transition from primary to secondary. Key features include: • New words, such as eSports, vlog, net-zero and eco-friendly, have been added • Definitions of familiar words, such as bubble, viral, cookie and platform, have been updated to reflect how they are used now • Clear, simple and accessible format with numbered meanings, word classes, and inflections in full • Created using the Oxford Children's Corpus, a unique database of millions of words written for and by children • Grammar and punctuation panels, spelling tips, and an extra vocabulary-building supplement boost skills for tests and exams • Free, downloadable supporting resources available from the Oxford Education website • For children aged 10+ and in year 6 or 7

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The Oxford Mini School Dictionary is the ideal portable dictionary for school use. It contains the complete text of the Oxford Concise School Dictionary . Special features include: word origins to develop knowledge about language; and information panels giving guidance on usage, spelling and grammar. Features include: headwords in bold to find words easily; definitions are clear and accurate; up-to-date example sentences and phrases to show how words are used in context; parts of speech and inflections written out in full to build grammatical skills; introduction to show how to use the dictionary; and appendices include weights and measures and countries and peoples list.