Presents definitions, standard and international pronunciation symbols, advice on avoiding common usage and spelling errors, and a list of irregular verbs for learners of English as a second language

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Speak and write correctly and confidently with the first All-American English learner's dictionary

Random House Webster's Dictionary of American English is specially written for beginning learners of modern American English. From apple pie to zilch it captures the flavor, idiom, style and substance of American English.

The dictionary features:
Over 50,000 words and phrases
New-words section
An essay comparing British and American pronunciation
Two pronunciation systems -- standard American dictionary symbols and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols
"How to use this dictionary to learn American English," a valuable learning aid translated into Japanese, Chinese and Spanish
Tens of thousands of lively example phrases and sentences
Main entries for hundreds of common English roots, each with a list of English words derived from the root
Easy-to-understand bracketed grammar codes
Full-page contextual illustrations

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