Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary - 11th Edition (Hardcover)

About the Book

This laminated, plain-edged version features more than 225,000 clear and precise definitions, 700 illustrations, and more than 10,000 new words and meanings. Special sections include a Handbook of Style. Shiny Cover.

Book Synopsis

Newly Revised & Updated! The Eleventh Edition of America's Best-Selling Dictionary defines the current, active vocabulary of American English and is updated on an ongoing basis. Features more than 225,000 definitions and over 42,000 usage examples. Includes newly added words and meanings across a variety of fields including technology, entertainment, health, science, and society.

Special sections include: A Handbook of Style, Foreign Words and Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names.

New words include: bestie, truther, Bitcoin, listicle, binge-watch, ransomware, takeaway, woke, hack, clickbait, immersive.

*BOOK COVER DESIGNS MAY VARY: We recently redesigned our Collegiate Dictionary cover so some customers may receive the original design and others may receive the new cover design.

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Review Quotes

Sets a high standard for future desk reference. --Library Journal

A road map to where English is headed -- The Village Voice

At last the ease of the Internet combined with the authority of a trusted name in reference. --BookPage