Merriam-Webster's Essential Learner's English Dictionary

ISBN: 9780877798569 ISBN10: 0877798567.
Softcover, 1386 pp..
With more than 54,000 words and phrases, this essential dictionary includes coverage of both U.S. and British English and their differences. Featuring more than 15,000 idioms, collocations, and commonly used phrases from American and British English, it clarifies definitions with over 74,000 example sentences and phrases. Also included are usage guidance through extensive labeling (old fashioned, technical, informal, humorous, etc.); glosses (restatements to explain example phrases); count and non-count labeling; usage notes; and usage paragraphs.