Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, 2002.Cambridge International Dictionary of English, 1995, now published as the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary.Collins Cobuild English Dictionary, first published in 1987.In addition to the Oxford and Longman dictionaries, these are: There are currently six major MLDs for advanced learners. The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English was published in 1978, and its most striking feature was the use of a restricted defining vocabulary, which is now a standard feature of learners' dictionaries. Other publishers gradually entered the market. It was subsequently republished as A Learner's Dictionary of Current English in 1948, before acquiring its current name. It was originally published in Japan in 1942 as The Idiomatic and Syntactic Dictionary of English, written by A. Probably the best-known English monolingual dictionary for advanced learners is the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, now in its tenth edition. Since the end of World War Two, global sales of the MLD have run into the tens of millions, reflecting the boom in the English language teaching industry. The first English MLD, published in 1935, was the New Method English Dictionary by Michael West and James Endicott, a small dictionary using a restricted defining vocabulary of just 1490 words.
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