Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary is a learner-focused English dictionary that explains words using full-sentence definitions and real corpus-based examples to help non-native speakers understand and use English naturally.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Collins COBUILD dictionaries | 2 |
| COBUILD | 1 |
| COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary | 1 |
| Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary canonical | 1 |
| Collins COBUILD series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2677194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Context triple: [Collins English Dictionary, hasEdition, Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary]
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A.
Collins English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary is a major authoritative reference work on the English language, particularly influential for British English usage and spelling.
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B.
Cambridge Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary is a major British English reference work and online resource that provides authoritative definitions, spellings, and usage guidance for English learners and speakers worldwide.
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C.
Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary is a widely used reference work that provides authoritative phonetic transcriptions and pronunciation guidance for English words, particularly reflecting standard British usage.
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D.
New Oxford American Dictionary
The New Oxford American Dictionary is a comprehensive, authoritative dictionary of American English known for its contemporary coverage and usage guidance, published by Oxford University Press.
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E.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Target entity description: Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary is a learner-focused English dictionary that explains words using full-sentence definitions and real corpus-based examples to help non-native speakers understand and use English naturally.
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A.
Collins English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary is a major authoritative reference work on the English language, particularly influential for British English usage and spelling.
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B.
Cambridge Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary is a major British English reference work and online resource that provides authoritative definitions, spellings, and usage guidance for English learners and speakers worldwide.
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C.
Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary is a widely used reference work that provides authoritative phonetic transcriptions and pronunciation guidance for English words, particularly reflecting standard British usage.
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D.
New Oxford American Dictionary
The New Oxford American Dictionary is a comprehensive, authoritative dictionary of American English known for its contemporary coverage and usage guidance, published by Oxford University Press.
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E.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English learner’s dictionary
ⓘ
monolingual dictionary ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve learners’ productive skills
ⓘ
improve learners’ receptive skills ⓘ |
| basedOn |
COBUILD corpus
ⓘ
Collins Corpus ⓘ |
| brand |
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
COBUILD
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educationalLevel | advanced ⓘ |
| explains |
English idioms
ⓘ
English phrases ⓘ English words ⓘ |
| feature |
corpus-based examples
ⓘ
full-sentence definitions ⓘ learner-focused explanations ⓘ natural English usage examples ⓘ |
| focus |
contemporary English
ⓘ
real-life language use ⓘ |
| format | alphabetical ⓘ |
| genre | learner’s dictionary ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
|
| hasCollocationInformation | yes ⓘ |
| hasExampleType | corpus-attested examples ⓘ |
| hasGrammarInformation | yes ⓘ |
| hasPronunciationInformation | yes ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
self-study
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study ⓘ teaching ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
digital
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online ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
systematic use of corpus evidence in definitions
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using full-sentence definitions instead of short phrases ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Collins COBUILD dictionaries
|
| primaryFunction |
help users understand English vocabulary
ⓘ
help users use English naturally ⓘ |
| publisher |
Collins Educational
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surface form:
Collins
HarperCollins ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
English language learning
ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced learners of English
ⓘ
non-native speakers of English ⓘ |
| usesDefinitionStyle | full-sentence definitions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Description of subject: Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary is a learner-focused English dictionary that explains words using full-sentence definitions and real corpus-based examples to help non-native speakers understand and use English naturally.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.