Why Use Oxford Collocations Dictionary Oxford Collocations Dictionary helps students of English improve both written and spoken. Examples, using British and American English, show how collocations work in context. Dictionaries Oxford Essential Dictionary - London Express University Press.978 0 19 431722 1 Oxford essential Dictionary with CD-ROM Oxford Basic Dictionary of English eleMentARy.Collocations only found in British or American English are clearly labelled.Based on the Oxford English Corpus, a 2-billion word corpus that provides authoritative information on the most typical collocations.Completely revised and extended, the new edition has over 250,000 collocations and over 75,000 examples. Which words usually go together? This dictionary shows you the common word combinations (collocations) that are essential for natural-sounding British and American English. You can download here ' Oxford Collocations Dictionary 2nd Edition 2009'