differences of usage of words.

[Hoda.Es]

Hi,
I wonder if there is any kind of dictionary or book to give the differences of meaning of words and
the usage of them? for example the differences between get and receive and etc.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

You can use Onelook.com. It's a good one.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hi,
I wonder if there is any kind of dictionary or book to give the differences of meaning of words and
the usage of them? for example the differences between get and receive and etc.

The best method is to look up each word in several dictionaries and compare the listed meanings and usages.

 

[emsr2d2]

That's why we give the link to Onelook.com - it gives the definitions from around a dozen different dictionaries all in one place.

 

[5jj]

Many of the dictionaries there give examples of the words in use. You can also find exampl sentencces at

FrazeIt in English - Write Good Sentences,
Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA),
British National Corpus (BYU-BNC)

Yo'll find other useful sites here: Before you ask a question