A one‎-stop dictionary & thesaurus for upper primary students‎.‎ The Oxford School Dictionary & Thesaurus combines a comprehensive dictionary at the top of the page with a companion thesaurus at the bottom‎,‎ for the upper primary student moving into secondary school‎.‎ The dictionary contains clear simple definitions‎,‎ up‎-to‎-date example sentences‎,‎ and support on spelling‎,‎ grammar and punctuation‎.‎ The thesaurus provides thousands of up‎-to‎-date synonyms‎,‎ arranged by the meaning that is closest to that of the headword‎,‎ instead of alphabetically‎,‎ to enable users to select the most accurate alternative‎.‎ Having the dictionary and thesaurus entry on the same page makes it a very easy‎-to‎-use one‎-volume reference tool‎.‎ It is powered by the Oxford Children‎'‎s Corpus‎,‎ a unique electronic database of millions of words of writing for children‎.‎ Plus‎,‎ for free downloadable word games‎,‎ puzzles‎,‎ and activities‎,‎ go online to the www‎.‎oxforddictionaries‎.‎com/schools website‎.‎