‘Climate strike’, a form of protest that took off just over one year ago with the actions of Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg and which has grown to become a worldwide movement, has been named Collins’ Word of the Year 2019. February 13, 2020 Read more

'Single-use’, a term that describes items whose unchecked proliferation are blamed for damaging the environment and affecting the food chain, has been named Collins’ Word of the Year 2018. Read more

Cut through any confusion and learn how to pronounce common 'eigh' words in our latest playlist series. Read more

Avoid common pitfalls by learning from our playlist containing the letters 'ch' which are pronounced as 'k' as in 'kitten' Read more

Make sure you don't trip up in your spelling by leaving out that pesky 'b'. Watch our playlist to learn a few common words. Read more

Confused with 'cough', 'though', 'bough'? If there is any group of letters that underlines how tricky English pronunciation can be, it is the string ‘-ough’. Watch our playlist of how common words are spoken. Read more

In the first of our blog series of words that are tricky to spell, we look at '-ough' words and the different ways they can be pronounced. Read more

The letter 'c' can be pronounced both hard as in 'card' and soft as in 'celebrate'. Learn some soft 'c' words to make yourself a pronunciation winner! Read more

The letters 'p' and 'h' combined give the 'f' sound - these words often come from Ancient Greek. Listen to words from our playlist! Read more

Updated with all the very latest new words and senses, this new 13th edition is an unparalleled resource for word lovers, word gamers, and word geeks everywhere. #homeoflivingenglish Read more