Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary

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 much-anticipated new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with hundreds of new words you won’t find in any other Australian dictionary. It provides extensive and unrivalled coverage of Australian English for a dictionary in this format.

Over 60,000 headwords

Comprehensive coverage of standard English, based on the resources of the Oxford English Dictionary, the world’s largest and best dictionary

Comprehensive coverage of Australian English based on the resources of The Australian National Dictionary, the historical record of the more than 12,000 words, senses and idioms that make up the Australian contribution to the English language

Australian words and meanings are labelled Aust.

Comprehensive coverage of Australian English, flora and fauna and terms of historical importance

Borrowings from Aboriginal languages are identified and (where known) the particular Aboriginal language is acknowledged

The location of each Aboriginal language is given on a map at the end of the dictionary

Pronunciation given for words which may cause problems, using a respelling system with minimal special symbols

Guidance on grammar, syntax, punctuation and style is given in special panels

Notes are given on disputed and controversial usage