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The Cambridge Dictionary of American English is the best guide to American English for learners around the world.

Key Features:

Lots of examples, many of them full sentences taken from a database of 100 million words of spoken and written American English.

More than 3,000 common idioms are explained, and an index helps to find them.

Language Portraits offer in-depth explanations of difficult topics like grammar, punctuation, vocabulary and spelling.

The most important words and meanings used in Canadian and British English are included.

Definitions are written using a carefully selected group of 2,000 core words.

Reviews:

'The Cambridge Dictionary of American English does not hold back in its honest representation of American English. Words that might be considered slang are not excluded. This honesty gives students the opportunity to make wise decisions about the words and phrases they choose.' American Language Review

'CDAE is a fine achievement. Its careful organisation, clear definitions, cogent examples, and crisp typography will attract the interest of English learners everywhere.' Professor David Crystal

'You have the impression that you are holding a fine piece of work in your hands. Its solidity and crisp presentation instils confidence in the reader and close inspection reveals some nice touches.' TEFL Farm

'No effort has been spared to make sure the user gets full use from the great and varied amount of information contained here ... the explanations are crystal clear and there is almost always an example of real usage, culled from the 100 million words of American English in the Cambridge International Corpus.'
TEFL Farm