Description

The Australian Middle Primary Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus (2e) is the most up-to-date, fully integrated primary dictionary and thesaurus available in Australia. It draws on the very latest Australian research into the words most commonly used by Australian children in Years 3 and 4, and combines a dictionary and thesaurus using an innovative ‘one-stop’ entry format.

Key features:

• Age level: 8–10
• Over 11 000 dictionary head words and thesaurus entries
• Alphabet edge indexes for clear signposting and easy navigation
• Simple respelling system to aid pronunciation
• Word origins are explained, while synonyms and antonyms are included within dictionary entries
• Word building boxes are included to develop students’ morphology skills
• Example sentences to show words used in context.