: Common phrasal verbs are highlighted or marked to help learners prioritize the most essential vocabulary.
Once you have a legitimate copy:
| Feature | | 2nd Edition (2002 / Re-issued 2011) | 3rd Edition (2012) | 4th Edition (2020) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Coverage | Over 3,000 phrasal verbs | Over 4,500 references | Data not specified, but "thousands of new phrasal verbs" added | Data not specified, but continues to expand coverage | | Examples | Thousands from the COBUILD database | Over 12,500 from the 'Bank of English' | Thousands of updated examples from the Collins Corpus | Updated examples from the Collins Corpus | | New Features | - | - | Index of 200 single-word verbs, collocations boxes, self-study exercises, revised particles index | All features of the 3rd edition, with new phrasal verbs and layout improvements | | Key Strength | Groundbreaking corpus-based coverage for its time | Significantly expanded coverage and examples | Major revision with extensive new learner-focused features | Most current and comprehensive edition | collins cobuild dictionary of phrasal verbs pdf
: The Collins Corpus is significantly larger (45 billion words) than the corpora used by Longman, which is a strength for identifying very rare or emerging usages. However, a larger corpus doesn't automatically make a dictionary "better." The Longman Phrasal Verbs Dictionary may have slightly more total entries (over 5,000). : Common phrasal verbs are highlighted or marked