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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE), first published by Longman in 1978,[1] is an advanced learner's dictionary, providing definitions using a restricted vocabulary, helping non-native English speakers understand meanings easily. It is available in four configurations:

  • Printed book
  • Premium online access
  • Printed book plus premium online access
  • Reduced online version with no access charge (called "free" but technically "gratis": the license is still proprietary)
LDOCE 4th ed.

The dictionary is currently in its sixth edition. The premium website was revised in 2014 and 2015. It now offers over a million corpus examples (exceeding the paper version's), and includes sound files for every word, 88,000 example sentences, and various tools for study, teaching, examinations and grammar. The 9000 Most Important English Words to Learn have been highlighted via the Longman Communication 9000.

The free online version was updated in 2008 and offers search (with spelling assistance), definitions, collocations, and many examples and illustrations.

Longman Defining Vocabulary

A key feature of the LDOCE is its utilization of the Longman Defining Vocabulary, a 2000-word controlled defining vocabulary used to write all of the definitions in the dictionary.[2] This defining vocabulary was developed from Michael West's General Service List of high-frequency words and their most common meanings.[3]

The controlled defining vocabulary is not only helpful to second-language learners, but has also facilitated the use of the LDOCE as a machine-readable dictionary in computational linguistics research.[4]

Longman Collocations Dictionary and Thesaurus

It is a version of LDOCE specialized for collocations, synonyms, antonyms, designed for intermediate to advanced level learners.

Publications

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

English dictionaries

LDOCE by Pearson English Language Teaching
  • 6th edition (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 6th Edition): Includes 230,000 words, phrases, and meanings; 165,000 corpus-based example sentences, Longman 9,000 keywords, 65,000 collocations (extra 147,000 online), online access for print dictionary.[5]
    • Paperback bi-colour edition+12 months online subscription (ISBN 978-144795420-0)
      • 1st? impression (2014-07-04)
Longman Handy Learner's Dictionary of American English
  • 2nd? edition: Includes 28,000 words and phrases.[6]

English-Chinese dictionaries

LDOCE by Longman
  • Third edition: Includes 80,000 entries, over 200 usage topics, 24 pages of coloured illustrations, 3,000 popular keywords, 20 Language Notes, over 150 new usage frequency tables, new IELTS vocabulary table. Optical disc includes only new contents not found in the printed LDOCE dictionary.
    • Traditional Chinese version (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (English-Chinese) Third Edition/朗文當代高級辭典(英英・英漢雙解)第三版)
LDOCE by Pearson English Language Teaching (Asia)
  • 4th edition: Includes 207,000 words, phrases, and meanings (including 4000 new words); 155,000 usage examples, 7,000 synonyms and antonyms, over 250 usage topics, 14 pages of coloured illustrations, 3,000 popular keywords, Language Notes. Definitions use only 2000 common words. Optical disc includes contents from LDOCE and Longman Concise Chinese-English Dictionary.
    • Traditional Chinese version (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (English-Chinese) 4th Edition/朗文當代高級辭典(英英・英漢雙解)第四版)
  • 5th edition:
    • Traditional Chinese version (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (English-Chinese) 5th Edition/朗文當代高級英漢雙解辭典第五版)
Longman Advanced American Dictionary by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
  • New edition: Includes 185,000 words, phrases, definitions (including 6000 new encyclopaedic entries); 73,000 examples, over 1,000 word analyses, grammar hints, vocabulary choices, oral phrases, composition hints.
    • Simplified Chinese version
      • Hardcover edition (Longman Advanced American Dictionary new edition/新版朗文當代高階英漢雙解詞典) (ISBN 978-756008420-6)
        • 1st? impression (2013-08-01)
LDOCE by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
  • 4th edition
    • Simplified Chinese version
      • Hardcover edition+disc (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English/朗文當代高級英語辭典(英英‧英漢雙解)第4版) (ISBN 978-756008420-6)
        • 1st? impression (2009-12-01)
      • Hardcover large print edition+disc (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English/朗文當代高級英語辭典(英英‧英漢雙解)第4版(大字版)) (ISBN 978-756008487-9)
        • 1st? impression (2010-02-01)
      • Hardcover condensed print edition (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 4th Edition/朗文當代高級英語辭典(英英‧英漢雙解)) (ISBN 978-756008604-0)
        • 1st? impression (2009-06-01)
      • Paperback condensed print edition (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English/朗文當代高級英語辭典(英英‧英漢雙解)第4版(縮印版)) (ISBN 978-756008501-2)
        • 1st? impression (2010-07-01)
  • 5th edition
    • Simplified Chinese version (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th Edition/朗文當代高級英語辭典(英英‧英漢雙解)第5版)
LDOCE by Dahe shubao tushu gufen youxiangongsi
  • 5th edition: Includes 230,000 entries, 65,000 collocations, 18,000-word synonyms and antonyms, 3000 common oral and written words. New thesaurus, grammar, collocation sections. DVD supports Microsoft Windows 2000(SP4) to Windows 10, includes contents from LDOCE and Longman Concise Chinese-English Dictionary, English pronunciations, bookmarks and notes. Online contents (available for 4 years after activation) includes online vocabulary and grammatical resources (including short video, interactive exercises and examinations), Longman Communication 9000.
    • Traditional Chinese version (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (English-Chinese) 5th Edition/朗文當代高級英漢雙解辭典第五版)
      • Hardcover bi-colour edition with 4 years online service (with English LDOCE 6th edition)+DVD (ISBN 978-916001562-8)
        • 1st? impression (2017-01-12)
LDOCE by XCome Technology Ltd.
  • 4th edition
    • Android version (Longman Dictionary):[7] Based on Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (English-Chinese) (4th edition).
      • 1.5.8 (Android 2.3.3, 2017-06-15)
    • iOS version (朗文当代高级词典(英英/英汉 双解),[8] 朗文當代高級辭典(英英/英漢 雙解)[9]
      • 1.0 (2015-12-21)
      • 1.1 (2016-01-20)
      • 1.2 (2017-07-05)
      • 1.3 (iOS 8.0, 2017-07-20)

Multilingual dictionaries

LDOCE by English Channel, Inc.
  • 5th edition: Free version includes Full-text Search activation. Pay features includes LDOCE 5th edition, examples sounds, Longman Activator Thesaurus (each sold separately).[10]
    • iOS version (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English/朗文當代高級詞典)
      • 6.8 (2016-04-08)
      • 6.9 (2016-09-08)
      • 7.0 (2017-03-04)
      • 7.1 (2017-03-14)
      • 7.1.1 (2017-03-27)
      • 7.1.2 (2017-04-17)
      • 7.2 (2017-05-05)
      • 8.1 (2017-11-17): iPhone X support.
      • 8.3 (2017-12-12)
      • 8.3.1 (2017-12-16)
      • 8.3.2 (2017-12-22)
      • 8.4 (2018-01-18)
      • 8.4.1 (2018-02-16)
      • 8.4.2 (2018-10-10): iOS 12 support.
      • 8.5 (2018-11-26)
      • 9.0 (2019-03-08)
      • 9.1 (2020-02-02): iOS 13 support.
      • 9.1.1 (2020-02-13)
      • 9.2 (2020-02-24)
      • 9.3 (2020-02-26)
      • 9.4 (2020-03-21): Adds Activator purchase option.
      • 9.5 (2020-03-29)
      • 9.5.1 (2020-05-01)
      • 9.6 (2020-08-06)
      • 9.7 (2020-08-19, iOS 8.0, 33 languages (traditional/simplified Chinese, Danish, Russian, Catalan, Hungarian, North Indic, Indonesian, Turkish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Kurdish, German, Irish, Slovenian, Japanese, French, Bosnian, Persian, Polish, Thai, Swedish, Lithuranian, Italian, Finnish, English, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Korean, Malay)):

Longman Collocations Dictionary and Thesaurus

English dictionaries

  • 1st edition: Includes 75,000 collocations, 80,000 examples, 7,000 synonyms and antonyms, academic words list, academic collocations list (2,500 most frequent collocations based on analysis of the Pearson International Corpus of Academic English). 1-year subscription includes additional collocations and synonyms, interactive exercises.[11]

References

  1. ^ Anthony Paul Cowie. English Dictionaries for Foreign Learners: A History. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ Atkins, B. and M. Rundell. The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography, 2008: Oxford University Press.
  3. ^ West, M. A General Service List of English Words, 1953, London: Longman.
  4. ^ Bullock, D. 'NSM + LDOCE: A Non-Circular Dictionary of English', International Journal of Lexicography, 24/2, 2011: 226-240.
  5. ^ Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  6. ^ Longman Handy Learner's Dictionary of American English
  7. ^ android app Longman Dictionary
  8. ^ iTunes app 朗文当代高级词典(英英/英汉 双解)
  9. ^ iTunes App 朗文當代高級辭典(英英/英漢 雙解)
  10. ^ 朗文當代高級詞典 (InApp)
  11. ^ Longman Collocations Dictionary and Thesaurus

External links

  • Official website
  • Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online (free)

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The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English LDOCE first published by Longman in 1978 1 is an advanced learner s dictionary providing definitions using a restricted vocabulary helping non native English speakers understand meanings easily It is available in four configurations Printed book Premium online access Printed book plus premium online access Reduced online version with no access charge called free but technically gratis the license is still proprietary LDOCE 4th ed The dictionary is currently in its sixth edition The premium website was revised in 2014 and 2015 It now offers over a million corpus examples exceeding the paper version s and includes sound files for every word 88 000 example sentences and various tools for study teaching examinations and grammar The 9000 Most Important English Words to Learn have been highlighted via the Longman Communication 9000 The free online version was updated in 2008 and offers search with spelling assistance definitions collocations and many examples and illustrations Contents 1 Longman Defining Vocabulary 2 Longman Collocations Dictionary and Thesaurus 3 Publications 3 1 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 3 1 1 English dictionaries 3 1 1 1 LDOCE by Pearson English Language Teaching 3 1 1 2 Longman Handy Learner s Dictionary of American English 3 1 2 English Chinese dictionaries 3 1 2 1 LDOCE by Longman 3 1 2 2 LDOCE by Pearson English Language Teaching Asia 3 1 2 3 Longman Advanced American Dictionary by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press 3 1 2 4 LDOCE by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press 3 1 2 5 LDOCE by Dahe shubao tushu gufen youxiangongsi 3 1 2 6 LDOCE by XCome Technology Ltd 3 1 3 Multilingual dictionaries 3 1 3 1 LDOCE by English Channel Inc 3 2 Longman Collocations Dictionary and Thesaurus 3 2 1 English dictionaries 4 References 5 External linksLongman Defining Vocabulary EditA key feature of the LDOCE is its utilization of the Longman Defining Vocabulary a 2000 word controlled defining vocabulary used to write all of the definitions in the dictionary 2 This defining vocabulary was developed from Michael West s General Service List of high frequency words and their most common meanings 3 The controlled defining vocabulary is not only helpful to second language learners but has also facilitated the use of the LDOCE as a machine readable dictionary in computational linguistics research 4 Longman Collocations Dictionary and Thesaurus EditIt is a version of LDOCE specialized for collocations synonyms antonyms designed for intermediate to advanced level learners Publications EditLongman Dictionary of Contemporary English Edit English dictionaries Edit LDOCE by Pearson English Language Teaching Edit 6th edition Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 6th Edition Includes 230 000 words phrases and meanings 165 000 corpus based example sentences Longman 9 000 keywords 65 000 collocations extra 147 000 online online access for print dictionary 5 Paperback bi colour edition 12 months online subscription ISBN 978 144795420 0 1st impression 2014 07 04 Longman Handy Learner s Dictionary of American English Edit 2nd edition Includes 28 000 words and phrases 6 English Chinese dictionaries Edit LDOCE by Longman Edit Third edition Includes 80 000 entries over 200 usage topics 24 pages of coloured illustrations 3 000 popular keywords 20 Language Notes over 150 new usage frequency tables new IELTS vocabulary table Optical disc includes only new contents not found in the printed LDOCE dictionary Traditional Chinese version Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English English Chinese Third Edition 朗文當代高級辭典 英英 英漢雙解 第三版 Paperback edition disc ISBN 978 962005271 2 1st impression 2004 10 30 LDOCE by Pearson English Language Teaching Asia Edit 4th edition Includes 207 000 words phrases and meanings including 4000 new words 155 000 usage examples 7 000 synonyms and antonyms over 250 usage topics 14 pages of coloured illustrations 3 000 popular keywords Language Notes Definitions use only 2000 common words Optical disc includes contents from LDOCE and Longman Concise Chinese English Dictionary Traditional Chinese version Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English English Chinese 4th Edition 朗文當代高級辭典 英英 英漢雙解 第四版 Hardcover edition disc ISBN 978 962005843 1 1st impression 2010 01 28 Hardcover condensed print edition disc ISBN 978 962005841 7 1st impression 2009 09 03 5th edition Traditional Chinese version Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English English Chinese 5th Edition 朗文當代高級英漢雙解辭典第五版 Hardcover edition with DVD ISBN 988009240 6 ISBN 978 9 88009240 4 1st impression 2013 08 12 Hardcover condensed print edition with DVD ISBN 988009241 4 ISBN 978 9 88009241 1 1st impression 2013 08 12 Longman Advanced American Dictionary by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Edit New edition Includes 185 000 words phrases definitions including 6000 new encyclopaedic entries 73 000 examples over 1 000 word analyses grammar hints vocabulary choices oral phrases composition hints Simplified Chinese version Hardcover edition Longman Advanced American Dictionary new edition 新版朗文當代高階英漢雙解詞典 ISBN 978 756008420 6 1st impression 2013 08 01 LDOCE by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Edit 4th edition Simplified Chinese version Hardcover edition disc Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 朗文當代高級英語辭典 英英 英漢雙解 第4版 ISBN 978 756008420 6 1st impression 2009 12 01 Hardcover large print edition disc Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 朗文當代高級英語辭典 英英 英漢雙解 第4版 大字版 ISBN 978 756008487 9 1st impression 2010 02 01 Hardcover condensed print edition Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 4th Edition 朗文當代高級英語辭典 英英 英漢雙解 ISBN 978 756008604 0 1st impression 2009 06 01 Paperback condensed print edition Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 朗文當代高級英語辭典 英英 英漢雙解 第4版 縮印版 ISBN 978 756008501 2 1st impression 2010 07 01 5th edition Simplified Chinese version Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th Edition 朗文當代高級英語辭典 英英 英漢雙解 第5版 Softcover edition ISBN 978 751354413 9 1st impression 2014 08 01 Hardcover edition ISBN 978 751354210 4 1st impression 2014 05 01 Hardcover large print edition DVD ISBN 978 751354980 6 1st impression 2014 10 01 LDOCE by Dahe shubao tushu gufen youxiangongsi Edit 5th edition Includes 230 000 entries 65 000 collocations 18 000 word synonyms and antonyms 3000 common oral and written words New thesaurus grammar collocation sections DVD supports Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 to Windows 10 includes contents from LDOCE and Longman Concise Chinese English Dictionary English pronunciations bookmarks and notes Online contents available for 4 years after activation includes online vocabulary and grammatical resources including short video interactive exercises and examinations Longman Communication 9000 Traditional Chinese version Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English English Chinese 5th Edition 朗文當代高級英漢雙解辭典第五版 Hardcover bi colour edition with 4 years online service with English LDOCE 6th edition DVD ISBN 978 916001562 8 1st impression 2017 01 12 LDOCE by XCome Technology Ltd Edit 4th edition Android version Longman Dictionary 7 Based on Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English English Chinese 4th edition 1 5 8 Android 2 3 3 2017 06 15 iOS version 朗文当代高级词典 英英 英汉 双解 8 朗文當代高級辭典 英英 英漢 雙解 9 1 0 2015 12 21 1 1 2016 01 20 1 2 2017 07 05 1 3 iOS 8 0 2017 07 20 Multilingual dictionaries Edit LDOCE by English Channel Inc Edit 5th edition Free version includes Full text Search activation Pay features includes LDOCE 5th edition examples sounds Longman Activator Thesaurus each sold separately 10 iOS version Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 朗文當代高級詞典 6 8 2016 04 08 6 9 2016 09 08 7 0 2017 03 04 7 1 2017 03 14 7 1 1 2017 03 27 7 1 2 2017 04 17 7 2 2017 05 05 8 1 2017 11 17 iPhone X support 8 3 2017 12 12 8 3 1 2017 12 16 8 3 2 2017 12 22 8 4 2018 01 18 8 4 1 2018 02 16 8 4 2 2018 10 10 iOS 12 support 8 5 2018 11 26 9 0 2019 03 08 9 1 2020 02 02 iOS 13 support 9 1 1 2020 02 13 9 2 2020 02 24 9 3 2020 02 26 9 4 2020 03 21 Adds Activator purchase option 9 5 2020 03 29 9 5 1 2020 05 01 9 6 2020 08 06 9 7 2020 08 19 iOS 8 0 33 languages traditional simplified Chinese Danish Russian Catalan Hungarian North Indic Indonesian Turkish Tagalog Hebrew Kurdish German Irish Slovenian Japanese French Bosnian Persian Polish Thai Swedish Lithuranian Italian Finnish English Dutch Portuguese Spanish Vietnamese Arabic Korean Malay Longman Collocations Dictionary and Thesaurus Edit English dictionaries Edit 1st edition Includes 75 000 collocations 80 000 examples 7 000 synonyms and antonyms academic words list academic collocations list 2 500 most frequent collocations based on analysis of the Pearson International Corpus of Academic English 1 year subscription includes additional collocations and synonyms interactive exercises 11 Cased edition 12 months online subscription ISBN 978 1 4082 5225 3 Peason Education Limited paperback bi colour edition 12 months online subscription ISBN 1 4082 5226 0 ISBN 978 1 4082 5226 0 Peason Education Limited paperback bi colour edition 12 months online subscription ISBN 1 4082 5226 0 ISBN 978 1 4082 5226 0 1st impression 2013 Allyn amp Bacon paperback bi colour edition 12 months online subscription ISBN 1 4082 5226 0 ISBN 978 1 4082 5226 0 1st impression 2015 07 05 References Edit Anthony Paul Cowie English Dictionaries for Foreign Learners A History Oxford University Press Atkins B and M Rundell The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography 2008 Oxford University Press West M A General Service List of English Words 1953 London Longman Bullock D NSM LDOCE A Non Circular Dictionary of English International Journal of Lexicography 24 2 2011 226 240 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Longman Handy Learner s Dictionary of American English android app Longman Dictionary iTunes app 朗文当代高级词典 英英 英汉 双解 iTunes App 朗文當代高級辭典 英英 英漢 雙解 朗文當代高級詞典 InApp Longman Collocations Dictionary and ThesaurusExternal links 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