LESSON 2. TASK 3: COMPARISON OF DICTIONARIES

I have looked TRADE up in the three suggested dictionaries. 

This is the result I found in the Oxford Dictionary: 

Here we find 4 different entries for "trade" as a noun and 2 as a verb. We can find also some example sentences and synonyms and also differences between North American and British English. We can also find the sound of the word, the origin of the word, phrasal verbs with the selected word and derivatives.

These are the results one can found in Merriam-Webster dictionary:

Here we find 4 different entries for "trade" as a noun, 3 as a verb and 4 as an adjective. In this case we can find the whole definition of the word, including many entries that are obsolete or old. It also provides a link for the English-learners entry and for kids. In the case of the Learners Dictionary, the definitions are similar but many examples are given for each of the entries. In tried the Quiz of "Name that Thing" in this Dictionary and I found it quite hard, with very specific questions about vocabulary. I got 5 right questions out of 10 (and some of the answers were by chance). 

These are the results for Wordreference: 

Here we find 7 different entries of "trade" as a noun, 5 entries as a verb and 3 entries as an adjective. For each entry, one can find some examples of it. 

The dictionary I prefer is the Oxford Dictionary, because it is quite accurate and it provides many examples in the sentence. In my case I do not find useful the whole definition provided by the Webster Dictionary.