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Designed for upper primary and lower secondary pupils, this dictionary covers all the words they are likely to encounter. The 38,000 definitions include historical and scientific usage.

Encompassing more than 300,000 definitions, this up-to-date reference of the English language covers both old and new words, the commonplace and the unusual, with information on idioms, etymologies, and more than 200,000 references

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