专为非英语**的英语学习者编写的词典称为“学习词典”(learner's dictionary),深受中国英语学习者喜爱的《朗文当代英语辞典》(Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)是学习词典,这部《朗文高阶英语词典》(Llongman Advanced American Dictionary)也是学习词典。《朗文高阶》继承了《朗文当代》(第3版)的基本体例和全部优点,但侧重美国英语,同时广收百科词语,可以说是《朗文当代》的姊妹版。
《朗文高阶英语词典》有以下六大特色:
一、释义浅显易懂;二、插图丰富多彩;三、广收专有名词;四、语法代码透明;五、多义词有标杆;六、突出词语搭配。

Short forms,Frequency markers,and Labels
Grammar codes
Acknowledgments
Reactions to the Dictionary
Quick Key to the Dictionary
Quick Key to the Dictionary(Spanish)
Quick Key to the Dictionary(Japanese)
Guide to the Dictionary
The Dictionary A-1Z
Fuil-page illustrations
American Homes
Changing Shape
Verbs in the Kitchen
Dream Bedroom
The Automobile
American Landscapes
Native Animals and Birds of America
Map of the U.S.A
American Busincess and lndustry
Youth and Recreation
Map of the U.S.A
American Businss and lndustry
American Pioneers
Important Events of the Twentiith Century
Did You Know?
Exitrems Sports
Severs Weather
Language Notes
Prepositions
Words followed by prepositions
Intensifying adjectives
Idioms
Modal verbs
Make and Do
Phrasal verbs
Articles
Collocations
Synonyms
Tables
Numbers
Weights and Measures
Word formation
The verb"be"
Irrregular verbs
The Longman American Defining Vocabularty
Pronunciation-American English
Pronunciation table
The TOEFL and TOEIC Tests