Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #195317 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 12
• Dimensions: 3.80 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1664 pages

Review
"A host of fashionable words and modern jargon, such as frenemies and staycations, has been added to America's most venerable dictionary...It will provide fresh reading for those on staycation (holidays at home) and may even compel some to vlog (video blog) about their introduction to new words...Given the influence American popular culture has around the world, it is likely that some of the new terms will enter into common British parlance before too long."
--The Daily Telegraph, 10 July 2009

Synopsis
Merriam Webster is proud to announce the arrival of its most famous dictionary, now completely revised and updated. The features of the dictionary now include: 225,000 clear and precise definitions More than 40,000 word-use examples More than 7500 phrases and idions The Merriam Webster Collegiate is a great learning too: It features a comprehensive coverage of all fields of knowledge 165,000 entries with correct spellings and pronunciations More than 700 illustrations, tables and diagrams for at-a-glance information The CD edition comes complete with the book and a free one year subscription to Merriam-WebsterCollegiate.com.

Customer Reviews

excellent and classic, but not for learners.
It contains any word you will ever dream to look up; it has finely made definitions; everyone uses it in the US, as far as I now; however, it is not for learners. there are not enough examples and sometimes it is hard to understand the definitions.

11th collegiate dictionary
Information contents excellent, but finished quality of the internal pages very poor, would have sent it back but needed it at once, the pges were not cut correcttly causing rinkling of some pages, extra paper on some adges. It looked as if there had been no quality control o the finished product!