Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary
Optimised for colour tablets. The images in this e-book are not suitable for viewing on black and white e-ink devices.For children aged 8 and over, this dictionary contains full sentence definitions, examples, synonyms and parts of speech, as well as spelling and grammar tips, word histories, colourful pictures, and two informative supplements.Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary has been especially designed to support the language and literacy needs of children aged 8-10.Written in a clear, straightforward style, it places words within a context familiar to the student.It extends and reinforces key dictionary skills by showing parts of speech (for example, whether a word is a noun or verb) and other forms of a word (for example plural forms as well as adjectival forms).Numbered definitions show multiple uses. Pronunciation help is given for difficult or easily confusable words. Synonyms (similar words) and antonyms (opposite words) are given to build vocabulary, and spelling and grammar tips help children to use words with confidence.The clear layout ensures that the dictionary is an easy-to-use reference tool. Colour illustrations and photographs add extra meaning and information.The Word Wizard contains information on parts of speech, prefixes, suffixes and punctuation, plus help to improve spelling and writing. It also has information on shapes, numbers, fractions and angles, along with pictures.The Earth and Space is a fact-filled section where children can learn about the planets, the continents, the world’s mountains, rivers, and oceans, and the flags of some nations of the world.
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Second Edition 2015
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Contents
A dictionary helps you to find out what a word means and how to spell it correctly. The words in a dictionary are arranged in alphabetical order.
How to find a word
Think of the first letter in the word you want to look up. Once you know this, there is more than one way to find your word in the dictionary:
⢠You can use the Index at the back of the ebook which lists all of the dictionary words in alphabetical order. Scroll through the Index until you find the letter your word begins with, then look down the words until you find the one you are looking for. You can then follow the link to the entry in the dictionary.
⢠You can use the Contents page at the front of the book, which has a link to every letter in the dictionary. Follow the link to the letter your word begins with, then look through the entries in this letter until you find the word you are looking for.
Finding your way around the dictionary
1. The headword is the word you are looking up.
2. After the headword there can be other forms of the word, such as plural nouns, verb tenses, and comparative and superlative adjectives.
3. The part of speech tells you what type of word the headword is, such as a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, or pronoun.
4. The definition tells you what the word means.
5. If the headword has more than one meaning, each meaning has a different number.
6. Sometimes there is an example to show how the word is used.
7. A pronunciation shows you how to say a difficult word.
8. A word history tells you where a word originally came from.
9. Some entries have a related word, such as a noun, adjective, or adverb made from the headword.
10. Synonyms, or words that you can use instead, are given for some words.
11. Antonyms, or words that have the opposite meaning, are given for some words.
Other features of this dictionary
⢠Some headwords can be spelt in more than one way.
medieval; also spelt mediaeval
age ages, ageing or aging, aged
⢠Sometimes definitions include a label, such as FORMAL, INFORMAL, or TRADEMARK. This tells you a little more about the word or how it is used.
mum mums
NOUN INFORMAL mother
⢠Sometimes a photo or an illustration is included.
mollusc molluscs
NOUN an animal with a soft body and no backbone. Snails, slugs, clams and mussels are all molluscs.
⢠Grammar and spelling tips provide extra information on the spelling or use of words.
different
ADJECTIVE If one thing is different from another, it is not like it.
