This article analyzes the presentation of lexical units in bilingual learners’ dictionaries from an anthropocentric perspective. The study examines methods of explaining word meanings, their user-oriented nature, and semantic features based on examples from English–Uzbek and Uzbek–English dictionaries. Within the framework of the anthropocentric approach, the learner’s linguistic needs, cognitive level, and communicative purposes are considered essential factors in dictionary compilation.

bilingual dictionary, learner’s dictionary, lexical unit, anthropocentric approach, semantics, lexicography, context, translation, language learning, dictionary studies

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