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Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary

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The Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary[1] (CCAD) from HarperCollins, first published in 1987,[2] is a dictionary that distinguished itself by providing definitions in full sentences, rather than excerpted phrases. Example sentences are given for almost every meaning of every word, and all of them were drawn from a text corpus (COBUILD) of actual usage.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary
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Some Collins COBUILD dictionaries for advanced students of English: 1st edition on the left, 10th edition on the right.

The dictionary includes phonetic transcriptions based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). In some editions, a digital version on CD-ROM was included with the dictionary in book form.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary of American English

There is an American English equivalent titled Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary of American English, which was originally published in 2006 (2nd edition in 2016, 3rd edition 2023 as Collins COBUILD Advanced American English Dictionary ISBN 978-0-00-860778-4).[3]

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