OXFORD

U N m a S 1 n PBBSS

Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford Universiw Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University\ objective of utcellenct in research, wholarrhip, and education by publishing worldwide in
Oxford New York

Short forms and symbols used in

the dictionary

inside front cover

iv
v

Auckand Bangkok Buenm A i m Cape Town Chennai Oar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Naimbi S o Paulo shanghai Singapre Taipel Tokyo Toronto with an associated company in Berlin
Oxford and Oxford English arc ngisFered trade marks o l Owford Universiry Press in the UK and in wnain other countries

Labels used in the dictionary

Key to the dictionary entries

Guide to using the dictionary

vi

Dictionary A-Z

1 348
between pages 182-3
$2-4

Q Oxford Unlvel~ity Press ZOO?

Database tight Oxford Uniwrsiw Press (maker) 'FI-t published 2001 Second impression 2002 All rights mewed. Ho part of this publimtion may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval wtem. or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writrng of Oxbrd University Press (with the role exception of phototopymg mrried out under the Eondrt~ons stated in the paragraph headed 'Photocopymg), or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed w ~ t h orynrzatron. Enqurries conternrng the appropriate reprographla r~gbts reproduction outsrde the scope of the above should be sent to the ELT Rights Department. Oxford University Press, at the addrrss above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any arquircr This dictionary includes -me words which have or arc asserted to h a w proprietary status as trademarks ox o t h t m i ~ Their , inclusion does not imply that they have acquired for legal purposer a non-proprietary or general srgnlflante nor any other judgement concernrngtheir legal status. In cases where the editorial staff have some ev~dence that a word has proprietary status this ir indicated in the entry for that word but no judgement concerning the legal status, of such words is made or implied thereby Photocopying The Publisher grants permission for the photocopying of those pages marked 'photucopiable'artording to the following conditions. lnd~vrdual pvrchasers may make copies for thew own use or for use by classes that they teach. Srhool purchaser, may make topres for use by staff and student& but th15 permlSslon d w not extend to additional xhools or branches. under no crrtumstanrer may any part of this book be photocopied for r m l e ISBN &1%431542-6
1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

STUDY PAGES
fips on learning phrasal verbs

lPhrascll verb or single ward? Are you a naturul born student?

S5
S 6-7

sport
Computers

S 8-9
S10 S11

Envimmenta! problems Phrasul verbs in newspapers

Ahmsal verbs in business

51 2
S13

Phrasal verbs in inbmal language

Using ~hrasal verbs in writing Using phrasal verbs in the passive

514-15 316-17 518-1 9 520-21 $22-25

S26

New phrasal verbs

The most common phrasal verbs

bst yourself
Guide t a the particles

Acknowledgements Advirory Board: Dr Keith Brown; Dr Alan Cruse; Ms Moira Runtie; Pmf. Gabriele Stein; Dr Norman Whitnry; Prof Henry Widdowron Phonetics editor: MlchaeF k h b y Guide to the Particles: Graham Workman

349-71

Key to the study pages

372-7
inside back cover

&Z pages designed by Peer Burgess

Non A-Z pager designed by Sarah Nicholson Cwer desrgn by R~chard Morrrs

Data rapture and processing by Oxford Uniwrsiw P r a Prrnted in Swin

I Pronunciation