Jennifer Bradbery - Oxford Basic American Dictionary for learners of English

Oxford Basic American Dictionary helps elementary and low-intermediate learners make the transition from picture to text dictionaries with simple definitions, examples and 500 colour illustrations.

It includes 27,000 words, phrases, and meanings using a defining vocabulary of just 2,000 words. It marks the Academic Word List words and the 2,000 most important words to know in English. Note boxes give extra help with grammar, pronunciation, spelling, and word building.

The Oxford Basic American Dictionary helps learners understand what words mean, and how to use them correctly.
The content is based on research with teachers in the USA, and is informed by an Advisory Board of language experts comprising Jayme Adelson-Goldstein, Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman, Keith Folse, and Alison Rice.

The dictionary focuses on the essential information that elementary and low-intermediate learners need most. It identifies the 2,000 most important words to know, taken from the Oxford 3000™*. These 2,000 words are used as the defining vocabulary so explanations are easy to understand. They are listed in the back of the dictionary to use as a revision checklist or as a basis for a vocabulary syllabus.