Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition

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Summary: Let the buyer beware
Review: Contains many new words, even new internet and computer definitions, however, this book has no perks (as in extras).

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Summary: merriam webster's collegiate dictionary
Review: Far and away the very best of the smaller dictionaries for etymologies (word origins). This is what I use in the high school Word Power course that I teach based on Latin and Greek roots.

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Summary: Great Reference
Review: Great reference and one that I keep on my shelf, next to "The Chicago Manual of Style" (15th edition) and "Gramatically Correct". Although the Scrabble world is still stuck on the 10th edition, that will likely change soon. Great coverage of definitions in addition to grammar and many other references. For college level and above, probably the one to buy.

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Summary: Great reference tool!!
Review: I write historicals, and needed to look up the date of origin of a word. I had no idea that the dictionary I'd been using didn't include that information, so I immediately looked for one that did. After all, shouldn't every author own a comprehensive dictionary? My Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary-11th Edition arrived yesterday, and I love it! It lists the date of origin of each word--a must-have feature if you're writing historical, or judging another's writing, as I've also done in the past. By the way, the word "bubbly" came into use in 1599, so I'm good to go with it in the early 1800s. :-)


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Summary: This book has it all !
Review: It's a tour de force ! Action packed, yet subtle. A worldly globe trotting romp, yet somber and full of useful trivia ! Something for everyone ! This book is for you when the the unabridged version gets too heavy to lift ! Enjoy !

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Summary: This book has it all !
Review: It's a tour de force ! Action packed, yet subtle. A worldly globe trotting romp, yet somber and full of useful trivia ! Something for everyone ! This book is for you when the the unabridged version gets too heavy to lift ! Enjoy !

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Summary: superb reference tool
Review: This is a fine dictionary. It even smells good. Too hefty to be portable, it is nevertheless a perfect desk dictionary, starting with a seventeen-page explanatory chart and notes, an essay on the English language, and a guide to pronunciation. te volume continues with excellent definitions that are sometimes accompanied by b&w line drawings, and finishes with sections on foreign words & phrases, biographical names, geographical names, signs & symbols in various fields of endeavo, punctuation, capitals & italics, documenting sources, forms of address and an index. In addition there is a Win/Mac CD-ROM disk of the dictionary that features a number of search options.

This is the most comprehensive collegiate dictionary to date, with many new entries since 1996's tenth edition, and it is well organized wih a nice clean font (though it may be a bit troublesome for those who are far-sighted). It always amazes me that we can purchase so much information so inexpensively. This is a terrific resource -- it's time to update your dictionary!!

Rating:
Summary: superb reference tool
Review: This is a fine dictionary. It even smells good. Too hefty to be portable, it is nevertheless a perfect desk dictionary, starting with a seventeen-page explanatory chart and notes, an essay on the English language, and a guide to pronunciation. te volume continues with excellent definitions that are sometimes accompanied by b&w line drawings, and finishes with sections on foreign words & phrases, biographical names, geographical names, signs & symbols in various fields of endeavo, punctuation, capitals & italics, documenting sources, forms of address and an index. In addition there is a Win/Mac CD-ROM disk of the dictionary that features a number of search options.

This is the most comprehensive collegiate dictionary to date, with many new entries since 1996's tenth edition, and it is well organized wih a nice clean font (though it may be a bit troublesome for those who are far-sighted). It always amazes me that we can purchase so much information so inexpensively. This is a terrific resource -- it's time to update your dictionary!!

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Summary: It's got all the other books in it!
Review: This is the only printed book you'll ever need!