Every sense, fully explained
Meaning, sense boundaries, the everyday sense for contrast and related senses, arranged in sections you can jump between.
Why senses
You look up a word. You use a sense.
In academic writing a word usually carries just one of its meanings. Academic Blue Book gives every academic sense its own entry: what it means in academic contexts, and where it stops overlapping with everyday use and near-synonyms.
Two original examples
Each sense has two original example sentences with translations and usage notes, read aloud in an American or British voice.
Know what to use — and what not to
When a near-synonym can replace it, when it can't, and the mistakes learners make most often.
A closer look
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2,114academic senses
4,228original examples
3levels
9teaching sections per sense
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About the content
Meanings, examples and explanations were written for this project. Levels are editorial and are not a CEFR or exam rating. Every sense has been checked by its author and has not yet been externally reviewed. If you spot a problem, please let us know.