Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC. Since 1968, Longman has been used primarily as an imprint by Pearson's Schools business. The Longman brand is also used for the Longman Schools in China and the Longman Dictionary. 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) 1. 207,000 words, phrases and meanings in English and translated into traditonal Chinese characters 2. 155,000 natural examples based on the Longman Corpus Network 3.
The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE) was first published by Longman in 1978.[1] The dictionary is available in various formats: paper only; paper with a bundled premium website; online access only or a gratis online version. LDOCE is an advanced learner's dictionary, providing definitions by using a restricted vocabulary, helping non-native English speakers to understand meanings easily.
The latest version of Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English is the sixth ion. The premium website was revised during 2014 and 2015 and offers over a million corpus examples, exceeding that of the paper version and also supplying sound files for every word and 88,000 example sentences, along with 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 LDOCE online was updated to its current layout in 2008 and offers a search (with spelling assistance), definitions; collocations; many examples and pictures.
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 ion (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 ion+12 months online subscription (ISBN978-144795420-0)
- 1st? impression (2014-07-04)
- Paperback bi-colour ion+12 months online subscription (ISBN978-144795420-0)
Longman Handy Learner's Dictionary of American English[]
- 2nd? ion: Includes 28,000 words and phrases.[6]
English-Chinese dictionaries[]
LDOCE by Longman[]
- Third ion: 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 ion+disc (ISBN978-962005271-2)
- 1st? impression (2004-10-30)
- Paperback ion+disc (ISBN978-962005271-2)
- 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 ion: 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 ion+disc (ISBN978-962005843-1)
- 1st? impression (2010-01-28)
- Hardcover condensed print ion+disc (ISBN978-962005841-7)
- 1st? impression (2009-09-03)
- Hardcover ion+disc (ISBN978-962005843-1)
- 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 ion:
- 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 ion with DVD (ISBN988009240-6/ISBN978-9-88009240-4)
- 1st? impression (2013-08-12)
- Hardcover condensed print ion with DVD (ISBN988009241-4/ISBN978-9-88009241-1)
- 1st? impression (2013-08-12)
- Hardcover ion with DVD (ISBN988009240-6/ISBN978-9-88009240-4)
- 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 ion: 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 ion (Longman Advanced American Dictionary new ion/新版朗文當代高階英漢雙解詞典) (ISBN978-756008420-6)
- 1st? impression (2013-08-01)
- Hardcover ion (Longman Advanced American Dictionary new ion/新版朗文當代高階英漢雙解詞典) (ISBN978-756008420-6)
- Simplified Chinese version
LDOCE by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press[]
- 4th ion
- Simplified Chinese version
- Hardcover ion+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) (ISBN978-756008420-6)
- 1st? impression (2009-12-01)
- Hardcover large print ion+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)) (ISBN978-756008487-9)
- 1st? impression (2010-02-01)
- Hardcover condensed print ion (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 4th Edition/朗文當代高級英語辭典(英英‧英漢雙解)) (ISBN978-756008604-0)
- 1st? impression (2009-06-01)
- Paperback condensed print ion (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)) (ISBN978-756008501-2)
- 1st? impression (2010-07-01)
- Hardcover ion+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) (ISBN978-756008420-6)
- Simplified Chinese version
- 5th ion
- 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 ion (ISBN978-751354413-9)
- 1st? impression (2014-08-01)
- Hardcover ion (ISBN978-751354210-4)
- 1st? impression (2014-05-01)
- Hardcover large print ion+DVD (ISBN978-751354980-6)
- 1st? impression (2014-10-01)
- Softcover ion (ISBN978-751354413-9)
- 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 ion: 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 ion with 4 years online service (with English LDOCE 6th ion)+DVD (ISBN978-916001562-8)
- 1st? impression (2017-01-12)
- Hardcover bi-colour ion with 4 years online service (with English LDOCE 6th ion)+DVD (ISBN978-916001562-8)
- 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)
LDOCE by XCome Technology Ltd.[]
- 4th ion
- Android version (Longman Dictionary):[7] Based on Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (English-Chinese) (4th ion).
- 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)
- Android version (Longman Dictionary):[7] Based on Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (English-Chinese) (4th ion).
Multilingual dictionaries[]
LDOCE by English Channel, Inc.[]
- 5th ion: Free version includes Full-text Search activation. Pay features includes LDOCE 5th ion, 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, Slovanian, Japanese, French, Bosnian, Persian, Polish, Thai, Swedish, Lithuranian, Italian, Finnish, English, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Korean, Malay)):
- iOS version (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English/朗文當代高級詞典)
Longman Collocations Dictionary and Thesaurus[]
English dictionaries[]
- 1st ion: 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 ion+12 months online subscription (ISBN978-1-4082-5225-3)
- Peason Education Limited paperback bi-colour ion+12 months online subscription (ISBN1-4082-5226-0/ISBN978-1-4082-5226-0)
- Peason Education Limited paperback bi-colour ion+12 months online subscription (ISBN1-4082-5226-0/ISBN978-1-4082-5226-0)
- 1st? inpression (2013-?-?)
- Allyn & Bacon paperback bi-colour ion+12 months online subscription (ISBN1-4082-5226-0/ISBN978-1-4082-5226-0)
- 1st? inpression (2015-07-05)
References[]
- ^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 Thesaurus
External links[]
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online (free)
Longman Dictionary Free Download For Pc
Reference to the song 'Hey You' by Pink Floyd. The line 'and the worms ate into his brain' makes no sense in an otherwise linear and literal narration throughout the lyrics.
or
'You totally stumbled over that entire sentence. Can't speak English all of a sudden? What, do you have brain worms?'
Oxford Dictionary
In Lehman's terms a longman is a man/women who takes overly long at any given situation with total disregard for responsibility.
Jack: We said 7 mate , me and James are already heading to the pub
Luke: Sorry mate Im just chilling at the moment i cant get a lift until later
Jack: Stop being a 'longman' and walk you lazy ball bag
Longman Dictionary 7th
Aug 11 trending
- 1. Watermelon Sugar
- 2. Ghetto Spread
- 3. Girls who eat carrots
- 4. sorority squat
- 5. Durk
- 6. Momala
- 7. knocking
- 8. Dog shot
- 9. sputnik
- 10. guvy
- 11. knockin'
- 12. nuke the fridge
- 13. obnoxion
- 14. Eee-o eleven
- 15. edward 40 hands
- 16. heels up
- 17. columbus
- 18. ain't got
- 19. UrbDic
- 20. yak shaving
- 21. Rush B Cyka Blyat
- 22. Pimp Nails
- 23. Backpedaling
- 24. Anol
- 25. got that
- 26. by the way
- 27. Wetter than an otter's pocket
- 28. soy face
- 29. TSIF
- 30. georgia rose