1. Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
The world’s most trusted dictionaries
Guided Tour
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2. Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
The world’s most trusted dictionaries
Chinese Welcome to Oxford Language Dictionaries
Online – instant access to Oxford’s top-of-the-
range, fully-searchable bilingual dictionaries
French plus unique online resources for language
learning.
German 1. Search French/English (slide 3)
2. Using the Chinese dictionary (slide 8)
Italian 3.
4.
Oxford Language Web (slide 9)
Tools and Resources (slide 10)
Russian 5.
6.
OxfordWords blog (slide 12)
Word of the Day (slide 13)
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3. Performing a SEARCH or BROWSE using the
English to French dictionary
Choose the language you would
like to translate by selecting
from the icons, or drop-down
menu
1. Select the search tab for
quick and advanced search
options
2. Select the browse tab to
navigate the dictionary
alphabetically using the ‘word
wheel’ on the left of the
screen
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4. Performing a SEARCH using the
English to French dictionary
1. Type the word into the
search box and press ‘Go’
2. For accented characters,
either type directly into the
search box or use the virtual
pop-up keyboard
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5. …this is the headword
Listen to the audio
pronunciations in both
British and American
English
…these are the context
clues to help you pick
the right translation
…this is the translation
…and these are the
examples
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6. Change the way the
entry appears by
showing or hiding
examples, idioms, and
phrasal verbs…
Expand or collapse the
entry using full view or
outline view
…or expand and
collapse individual
senses
View full pronunciation
table
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7. Switch to French from English by
using the arrows
Print, email, cite, and link to an
entry
Check the ‘More on this word’ box
for contextual grammar and
usage notes, verb tables, and
cultural notes
Double-click or highlight a word to
look it up instantly in English or
French
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8. Using the Chinese dictionary
Search by radical Highlight or double-click on a phrase
and select ‘split into words’ to see
which are multi-character words
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9. The Oxford Language Web
See at-a-glance translations in up to
13 languages for thousands of
dictionary entries by clicking on the
Oxford Language Web tab
Select from the drop-down menu to
link directly between any language,
without going through English
• Explore multiple languages
simultaneously
• Discover surprising similarities
and differences between
languages as you compare
them side by side
• Learn key vocabulary easily -
get quick translations of over
7,300 words in 13 languages
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10. Tools and Resources
Quick access to extensive Tools
and Resources available from
every page
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11. Browse through the wide
range of Tools and
Resources including…
Grammar and Vocabulary
help for each language
…sample letters and emails,
and games
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12. Read the OxfordWords blog at
www.oxforddictionaries.com
Find articles about words, language, and dictionaries,
plus English grammar and usage tips, interactive
features, games, competitions, and more…

13. Keep in touch and find out more
• Sign up to the Word of the Day for each language and post to your social media sites:
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