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Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
What do you think about it? Does it have any advantages?
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I haven't used that particular dictionary, but here's a comparision of the first meanings for "grub" between two
dictionaries I happen to have in my bookshelf:
Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners:
"A grub is a young insect which has just come out of an egg and looks like a short fat worm."
Oxford Dictionary of English:
"the larva of an insect, especially a beetle"
Another example, this time "elderly":
Collins: "You use elderly as a polite way of saying that someone is old."
Oxford: "(of a person) old or ageing"
The Dictionary for Advanced Learners also has more usage notes and annotations (e.g. cordial: fifth frequency
band, ADJ-GRADED, <> hostile), and the typography is not as busy.
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Which brands of dictionaries?
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