English Language Learning & Teaching

This is an online dictionary that you can access from home through the TRU catalogue.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.

This dictionary is designed to help advanced students master spoken and written English as it is actually used.

This book is based on the Bank of English corpus, which now contains over 524 million words. It contains the most important new words that have come into the language over the past two years, as well as thousands of new, updated examples, taken directly from the corpus.

The dictionary's 300,000 words, senses and definitions combine in one reference book information on English as it is used worldwide and as it is used particularly inCanada. Definitions, worded for ease of comprehension, are presented so that the meaning most familiar to Canadians appears first and foremost.

This dictionary focuses on learners' need to understand and use words correctly, and to develop their core language skills.

This dictionary contains clear and accurate definitions, extensive notes on homonyms and synonyms, and hundreds of illustrations and photos.

This book covers the most important idioms in English and provides additional information about their frequency, contexts, meanings and usage.

This dictionary is regularly updated to reflect the current vocabulary of American English, including terms from popular culture, technology, and science.

This book covers 600 subjects and illustrates more than 25,000 terms.