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A revised edition of the bestselling Oxford Illustrated Junior Dictionary, with a new supplement section on word origins.Features include:* 6 000 headwords in colour for easy reference* 300 colour illustrations* special section on word origins to encourage readers to explore the history of their language* hundreds of example sentences to show how words are used in their appropriate context* parts of speech, plurals and derivatives written out in full to help with grammar* sturdy sewn binding* ideal companion to The Oxford Illustrated Junior Thesaurus