The Oxford Mini School Dictionary is the ideal portable dictionary for school use. It contains the complete text of the Oxford Concise School Dictionary. Special features include: word origins to develop knowledge about language; and information panels giving guidance on usage, spelling and grammar. Features include: headwords in bold to find words easily; definitions are clear and accurate; up-to-date example sentences and phrases to show how words are used in context; parts of speech and inflections written out in full to build grammatical skills; introduction to show how to use the dictionary; and appendices include weights and measures and countries and peoples list.