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… The Macmillan Dictionary Online:Here, take it, it’s yours.

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Visit www.macmillandictionary.comand upgrade your language learning experience to the max

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A smart online dictionary... who needs it? Well...

Macmillan Dictionary Online: the smart choice for teachers and students. Makes learning, using, and understanding English…

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clear

If you worked really hard, you could probably find the answers somewhere on the web, but your time is much too valuable for that! Macmillan Dictionary Online has all the answers in one place.

English is a global language. It’s the language of business, science, and education, and if your students are going to be active in the online world, they’ll need to be confident users of English. But being a confident user of English isn’t just a matter of knowing what words mean – there’s so much more to it than that!

Whether you’re a teacher or a student there’s a whole range of language questions you might want to ask.

How do I say this word?

How do I use it in a sentence without getting the grammar wrong?

I know this noun, but what’s a good adjective to go with it?

I don’t want to keep using the same word – how can I find its synonyms?

Is this word important enough to be worth learning at all? Is it OK to say this without sounding impolite or old-fashioned or just too informal?

This word has six meanings – how can I find the one I’m looking for?

straightforward

and above all ….

we cover all the bases. • cover all the bases to deal with every possible thing that could happen or that people could want We think the agreement covers all the bases for lasting peace.

A smart online dictionary... who needs it? Well...

Macmillan Dictionary Online: the smart choice for teachers and students. Makes learning, using, and understanding English…

quick

clear

If you worked really hard, you could probably find the answers somewhere on the web, but your time is much too valuable for that! Macmillan Dictionary Online has all the answers in one place.

English is a global language. It’s the language of business, science, and education, and if your students are going to be active in the online world, they’ll need to be confident users of English. But being a confident user of English isn’t just a matter of knowing what words mean – there’s so much more to it than that!

Whether you’re a teacher or a student there’s a whole range of language questions you might want to ask.

How do I say this word?

How do I use it in a sentence without getting the grammar wrong?

I know this noun, but what’s a good adjective to go with it?

I don’t want to keep using the same word – how can I find its synonyms?

Is this word important enough to be worth learning at all? Is it OK to say this without sounding impolite or old-fashioned or just too informal?

This word has six meanings – how can I find the one I’m looking for?

straightforward

and above all ….

we cover all the bases. • cover all the bases to deal with every possible thing that could happen or that people could want We think the agreement covers all the bases for lasting peace.

Q: How smart is your Macmillan Dictionary Online?A: Very ...

Let’s take the word smart. Type it in …

smart

New words, changing definitions

The beauty of an online dictionary is that we can keep it fully up to date. The core of English doesn’t change much, but outside that basic vocabulary, English is changing and growing all the time. We constantly update the dictionary to reflect these changes, adding new words and phrases as they appear.

Pronunciation Now, you probably know how to pronounce smart and bright … but what about some of those other synonyms? How do you pronounce ‘incisive’ for example? And is it pronounced the same in British and American English?

Common phrases

The dictionary is not just about words - it has thousands of common phrases too. If you’ve looked in the Thesaurus for smart, you’ll see that bright is one of its near- synonyms. Follow the link from bright and you’ll see eight phrases all involving the word bright.

Play Or play a word game on your own or in class that challenges your knowledge of things like phrasal verbs, irregular verbs, common words, and collocations.

10 Network The Macmillan Dictionary Online is a sociable sort – pop next door to the blog where language experts, language teachers, and other word-loving types discuss language trends and usage issues, give language learning tips, and generally do their best to share their knowledge with learners and teachers. You can also join the associated Facebook and Twitter pages – useful for teachers and students alike.

Add your own word

Maybe there’s a word you’d like to add. It could be a brand new word that we don’t have yet, or a word that you use in your part of the world. Add it to the Open Dictionary.

Real examples

And now you’d like to see how this word is used. You’ll find plenty of example sentences and they’re all real examples used by real people in real contexts.

Red word system

The first thing you’ll see is that ‘smart ’ is a red word. So you know right away that it’s part of the ‘core vocabulary’ of English - the 7, 500 words that make up about 93% of all communication. What’s more it has 3 stars (red words can have 1, 2, or 3 stars) which means it’s one of the 2, 500 commonest words in English. So this makes smart a really important word to know.smart HHH

• bright as a button 1 very clever 2 very happy and lively

Pronounciation

incisive

Q: how much smarter can it get?A: A lot ...

Related words

Ok, so what other words mean the same sort of thing as smart. What are the synonyms?

No, you don’t need to go to a separate page or another site: just stay right here on this page and click:

wise

intelligent

brilliant

clever

bright brainy

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clear-sighted

• look on the bright side to think about the good parts of a situation that is mostly bad Look on the bright side – you’ll save money by not going.

• bright and breezy lively and confident Their music is bright and breezy but not very memorable.

Share And of course you can share any of the words you’ve looked up with your Twitter followers, your Facebook Friends, and the rest of the world

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Q: How smart is your Macmillan Dictionary Online?A: Very ...

Let’s take the word smart. Type it in …

smart

New words, changing definitions

The beauty of an online dictionary is that we can keep it fully up to date. The core of English doesn’t change much, but outside that basic vocabulary, English is changing and growing all the time. We constantly update the dictionary to reflect these changes, adding new words and phrases as they appear.

Pronunciation Now, you probably know how to pronounce smart and bright … but what about some of those other synonyms? How do you pronounce ‘incisive’ for example? And is it pronounced the same in British and American English?

Common phrases

The dictionary is not just about words - it has thousands of common phrases too. If you’ve looked in the Thesaurus for smart, you’ll see that bright is one of its near- synonyms. Follow the link from bright and you’ll see eight phrases all involving the word bright.

Play Or play a word game on your own or in class that challenges your knowledge of things like phrasal verbs, irregular verbs, common words, and collocations.

10 Network The Macmillan Dictionary Online is a sociable sort – pop next door to the blog where language experts, language teachers, and other word-loving types discuss language trends and usage issues, give language learning tips, and generally do their best to share their knowledge with learners and teachers. You can also join the associated Facebook and Twitter pages – useful for teachers and students alike.

Add your own word

Maybe there’s a word you’d like to add. It could be a brand new word that we don’t have yet, or a word that you use in your part of the world. Add it to the Open Dictionary.

Real examples

And now you’d like to see how this word is used. You’ll find plenty of example sentences and they’re all real examples used by real people in real contexts.

Red word system

The first thing you’ll see is that ‘smart ’ is a red word. So you know right away that it’s part of the ‘core vocabulary’ of English - the 7, 500 words that make up about 93% of all communication. What’s more it has 3 stars (red words can have 1, 2, or 3 stars) which means it’s one of the 2, 500 commonest words in English. So this makes smart a really important word to know.smart HHH

• bright as a button 1 very clever 2 very happy and lively

Pronounciation

incisive

Q: how much smarter can it get?A: A lot ...

Related words

Ok, so what other words mean the same sort of thing as smart. What are the synonyms?

No, you don’t need to go to a separate page or another site: just stay right here on this page and click:

wise

intelligent

brilliant

clever

bright brainy

discerning T

clear-sighted

• look on the bright side to think about the good parts of a situation that is mostly bad Look on the bright side – you’ll save money by not going.

• bright and breezy lively and confident Their music is bright and breezy but not very memorable.

Share And of course you can share any of the words you’ve looked up with your Twitter followers, your Facebook Friends, and the rest of the world

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Now that you’ve met your Macmillan smart Dictionary Online, here are the bits of the dictionary that you can take away with you, the bits that you can fit onto your browser, blog, or website to maximise your language learning experience in your own time and space …

Your website

bright ideas

Takeaway

Dictionary bits to take with you!

Toolbar gadget.

Toolbar gadget allows you to search for a word in Macmillan Dictionary just by typing it into your regular browser search box.

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Buzzword gadget.

The weekly BuzzWord is chosen (by Kerry Maxwell, author of Brave New Words) for its current popularity in the news and other media. It comes with an in-depth article and, once a month, a worksheet for use in class. The BuzzWord gadget updates automatically on your website or blog every week. Students will be right on top of new words and current English language trends.

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Personal search box

The most important little window that you could take away from the online dictionary and add to your own site is, of course, the search box. So if anyone on your site comes across a word they don’t understand, or would like to hear, they can simply type it into the search box and get what they need. Just like this:

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What is considered intelligent varies with culture. For example, when asked to sort, the Kpelle people take a functional approach. A Kpelle participant stated, “The knife goes with the orange because it cuts it.”

Double click dictionary plugin

If a website has our double-click function you and your students can double-click on a word and immediately get its definition.

You can add this function to your own site too.

Your website

To get your takeaway dictionary bits go to www.macmillandictionary.com and visit the gadgets and apps pages.

Definition

1 good at thinking clearly and quickly, at understanding diffcult ideas and subjects, and at gaining and using knowledge Surely an intelligent person like you can deal with this. highly intelligent: He was highly intelligent, but disliked studying

Thesaurus entry for this meaning of intelligentT

Double-click function..

Or there’s the dictionary’s most powerful gadget – the double-click function. You can add this function to your own online content or encourage students to practise reading online newspapers that have the double-click system installed. The double-click means that users can click on any word on the page and immediately get a definition. That’s about as useful as a dictionary gets!

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Pronunciation app...

And we wouldn’t be a smart dictionary without offering smart apps.

Sounds is a brilliant pronunciation app, available for iOS and Android. And it’s free!

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Now that you’ve met your Macmillan smart Dictionary Online, here are the bits of the dictionary that you can take away with you, the bits that you can fit onto your browser, blog, or website to maximise your language learning experience in your own time and space …

Your website

bright ideas

Takeaway

Dictionary bits to take with you!

Toolbar gadget.

Toolbar gadget allows you to search for a word in Macmillan Dictionary just by typing it into your regular browser search box.

1

Buzzword gadget.

The weekly BuzzWord is chosen (by Kerry Maxwell, author of Brave New Words) for its current popularity in the news and other media. It comes with an in-depth article and, once a month, a worksheet for use in class. The BuzzWord gadget updates automatically on your website or blog every week. Students will be right on top of new words and current English language trends.

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Personal search box

The most important little window that you could take away from the online dictionary and add to your own site is, of course, the search box. So if anyone on your site comes across a word they don’t understand, or would like to hear, they can simply type it into the search box and get what they need. Just like this:

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What is considered intelligent varies with culture. For example, when asked to sort, the Kpelle people take a functional approach. A Kpelle participant stated, “The knife goes with the orange because it cuts it.”

Double click dictionary plugin

If a website has our double-click function you and your students can double-click on a word and immediately get its definition.

You can add this function to your own site too.

Your website

To get your takeaway dictionary bits go to www.macmillandictionary.com and visit the gadgets and apps pages.

Definition

1 good at thinking clearly and quickly, at understanding diffcult ideas and subjects, and at gaining and using knowledge Surely an intelligent person like you can deal with this. highly intelligent: He was highly intelligent, but disliked studying

Thesaurus entry for this meaning of intelligentT

Double-click function..

Or there’s the dictionary’s most powerful gadget – the double-click function. You can add this function to your own online content or encourage students to practise reading online newspapers that have the double-click system installed. The double-click means that users can click on any word on the page and immediately get a definition. That’s about as useful as a dictionary gets!

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Pronunciation app...

And we wouldn’t be a smart dictionary without offering smart apps.

Sounds is a brilliant pronunciation app, available for iOS and Android. And it’s free!

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YOUR ENGLISHYOUR DICTIONARY GUIDE

all yours

all free

a

ll online

Open Dictionary

Teachers want to take it out on the town, and they can because it’s a traveller.Just like you are.Just like the English language is.

… The Macmillan Dictionary Online:Here, take it, it’s yours.

www.macmillandictionary.com www.macmillandictionary.com

Visit www.macmillandictionary.comand upgrade your language learning experience to the max

Clear definitions

HRed word and starfrequency system

Language blog

Videos

Games

Language Tips

Audio pronunciations

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all free

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