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( 65) If you need to define an important word in your paper, you should provide a citation for the dictionary entry for that term. This guide will show you how to cite an online dictionary entry in notes-bibliography style using the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. Citing an online dictionary entry Note: Popular dictionaries should be referenced in the notes only, but lesser-known dictionaries can be included in the bibliography if needed. See sections 14.232 and 14.233 of the Chicago Manual of Style for additional information. Structure: 1. Dictionary Title, s.v. “Definition word ( part of speech),” accessed Month Date, Year, URL. Example: 1. Oxford Dictionaries, s.v. “food baby ( n.),” accessed October 22, 2013, https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/food-baby. Note: To cite a print dictionary entry in the notes, the entry would follow the same format, but the accessed date and URL would be omitted ( Oxford Dictionaries, s.v. “food baby ( n.).”)

A fully updated edition of the best-selling Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. A fully updated edition of the best-selling Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. It includes up-to-date vocabulary, clear definitions, hundreds of pictures and illustrations, and a new 'Focus on Writing' section. Informed by the Cambridge International Corpus and correlated to English Vocabulary Profile, it is ideal for exam preparation and also features 'Common mistake' boxes, to help learners avoid typical mistakes. Key features • Fully updated with 1,500 new words and phrases, including words from the areas of technology, media, language, society, and lifestyle; important words for academic study; important additional words and phrases from American, Indian, Australian and South African English. • Vocabulary is correlated with the English Vocabulary Profile at sense level, showing which words students know at different levels, and allowing users to prioritize their vocabulary study. • Learner error information shows the most common errors made by learners of English, helping learners to avoid mistakes before they make them. • 32-page Focus on Writing section, dealing with all essential aspects of academic, formal, and informal writing. • The CD-ROM includes the complete dictionary and recordings in British and American English. Learners can also record their own pronunciation and compare it with the model, use the QUICKfind feature to look up words and hear their pronunciation when ...

Dictionaries are rarely written by one person. Usually there is an editorial team. The editors may also change over the years. In addition, the Cambridge University Press publish a variety of different types of dictionaries, with different teams of editors. e.g. Cambridge School Dictionary 2008 # Managing Editor: Stella O'Shea # Commissioning Editors: Elizabeth Walter and Kate Woodford # Editor: Melissa Good Cambridge Learner's Dictionary 2004 # Managing Editor: Elizabeth Walter # Senior Commissioning Editor: Patrick Gillard Cambridge Learner's Dictionary 2007 # Managing Editor: Kate Woodford # Senior Commissioning Editor: Elizabeth Walter # Editorial Contributors: Melissa Good, Lucy Hollingworth, Kerry Maxwell, and Duncan O'Connor Specialist dictionaries require specialist editors. For example the Cambridge Dictionary of American English, ( Second Edition) was written and edited in the US by native speakers of American English.