For over 150 years, Macmillan has established a reputation as one of the world’s leading reference publishers. Our award-winning dictionaries for learners of English have become the choice of thousands of teachers and students worldwide. Created from scratch by skilled lexicographers working in Britain and America, using revolutionary software to analyse English as it is spoken and written today, they are the dictionaries to choose if you want up-to-the-minute access to the language used by native speakers. Whatever format you choose – print, online or on CD-ROM – you will find content to build your vocabulary, improve your accuracy and fluency, and become more aware of how English works.

The number of people learning English around the world today is vast, and Macmillan is very much in tune with the broad range of levels, ages, cultural backgrounds and motivation that these learners encompass. With this in mind, Macmillan has created a series of dictionaries which respond to the differing needs of learners worldwide. Click on the links below to find more information about each one.

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  In this section we offer a variety of resources for use in the classroom: free e-lessons to help you integrate dictionaries into classroom work; dictation activities which focus on key issues for language learners; and interactive games to consolidate vocabulary.

   

  

• BuzzWord

  

  The English language is changing constantly, so keeping a dictionary up-to-date is a never-ending task. The popular Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord feature provides an in-depth article about a new or current word.

   

  

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