The Australian Middle Primary Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus (3e) is the most up-to-date, fully integrated primary dictionary and thesaurus available in Australia. It draws on the very latest Australian research into the words most commonly used by Australian children in Years 3 and 4.
This new edition includes:
- Some 360 new entries added, including: artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, EV, net zero, screenshot, streaming, terabyte, touchscreen.
- A number of entries added as a result of their frequency in the OUP children’s corpus, including: axolotl, chipmunk, GPS, intergalactic, jalapeno, multiverse, pjs, squish, superhero, teleport, titanium.
- Over 500 edits, updates, and new senses added to existing entries, including:
- additional synonyms, antonyms, and thesaurus sections
- additional pronunciation guides and word building boxes
- additional illustrative sentences.
- additional feature boxes explaining word origins, spelling tips, and word usage
- changes made as a result of Oxford Dictionaries sensitivity review of language
Series Components
- Age level: 8–10
- Over 11 000 dictionary head words and thesaurus entries
- Alphabet edge indexes for clear signposting and easy navigation
- Simple respelling system to aid pronunciation
- Word origins are explained, while synonyms and antonyms are included within dictionary entries
- Word building boxes are included to develop students’ morphology skills
- Example sentences to show words used in context.