Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary

The Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary defines the vocabulary students need to succeed in high school and beyond. The hardcover edition is ideal for classroom adoptions. Its entries include more than 2 000 key vocabulary items from the content areas of math the arts chemistry earth science physics American and world history social studies language arts and other disciplines as well as the more general vocabulary used in academic writing and speech such as "analyze " "derive " and "subsequent." The dictionary also provides full coverage of the everyday words and phrases students need to know. It is based on extensive Corpus research and developed with the needs of English learners in mind.