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Binding: HardcoverBrand: Merriam Webster Dewey Decimal Number: 423 EAN: 9780877798088 Edition: 11 ISBN: 0877798087 Item Dimensions: Label: Merriam-Webster Manufacturer: Merriam-Webster Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1664 Publication Date: 2003-07 Publisher: Merriam-Webster Studio: Merriam-Webster Editorial Review: Product Description: This hardcover version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, is jacketed, has a navy kivar binding, and is plain-edged (no thumb indexing). For this new edition, America's largest staff of lexicographers made more than 100,000 changes and added more than 10,000 new words and senses, such as 'convergence', 'Frankenfood', 'phat', 'psyops, and 'vermiculture'. The Eleventh Edition also features over 40,000 usage examples - more than ever before - which clarify confused or disputed terms. Additionally, thousands of phrases and idioms help distinguish vocabulary for language learners. Special sections include A Handbook of Style, An Essay on the English Language, and Signs and Symbols. Over 55 million copies of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary have been sold, spanning a time period of over 100 years. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - DICTIONARYIt works for me and it would be even greater if it was in a large print for those of us who need this feature. Rating:  - Merriam Websters Collegiate DictionaryIt pays to buy the 'real thing' and not paperbacks and school district and college 'throw aways' whose versions of the English langage were okay fifty years ago but, not now? Amazon has it for more than a affordable price and the finished product will last till you've forgotten how to read? Rating:  - Not a large print dictionaryAlthough this is listed in Amazon as a "large print" dictionary, it's not. No knock on the dictionary, it's just not large print. Rating: - complete, dependable solid reference sourceI found this dictionary to be complete...dependable I wish the print was larger, but it may be out in large print as well. Rating: - Authoritative resourceMerriam-Webster's Collegiate is probably one of the best dictionaries available, no matter the language. It's definitions are at times elegantly phrased and it contains just about the right elements. However, for specific nomenclature (e.g. scientific terms), it would be best if American Heritage College could be used side by side for comparison to get a better understanding. I have been using Merriam-Webster's for 5 years now and it almost never failed me. But from what I gather from other's opinion ... Read More |
