Advanced Australian secondary school students and adult dictionary users who need a high-quality, trusted, contemporary and easy-to-use Australian dictionary with comprehensive coverage of Australian English usage in a user-friendly, portable format.

The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary is Australia’s bestselling dictionary. Extensive and versatile, this dictionary is firmly established as Australia’s favourite reference in schools, homes and offices. This ninth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and provides unrivalled coverage of Australian English for a dictionary in this format.

Key Features

• An indispensable guide to English as is it written and spoken in Australia
• Drawing on unrivalled Australian English expertise from the Australian National Dictionary Centre
• A conveniently sized hardback format perfect for use in homes, schools and office
• Over 60,000 headwords - With extensive headwords and phrases, this dictionary includes definitions, parts of speech, usage examples.
• This dictionary draws on two major databases — the ANDC’s database and the database of the 20-volume OED, both of which are continually updated.
• Up-to-date and new content
• Australian content
• Grammar and reference guide
• Pronunciation and usage
• Age level: 14–adult
• Suitability: School, home and office
• Coverage: More than 60,000 headwords

Mark Gwynn & Amanda Laugesen

Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC) researchers and lexicographers, Australian National University (ANU)