The Merriam Webster Dictionary 2

"A critically acclaimed guide to English usage. Includes more than 2,300 entries presenting the history, analysis, and recommendations regarding noted usage controversies. Entries are illustrated with more than 20,000 quotations from prominent writers."\\

New edition! A handy, reliable, and authoritative dictionary of words most frequently used in Englis. More than 75,000 definitions, 2,000 new word entries, and more than 150 illustrations. Expanded special features include a Handbook of Style, Basic English Grammar, Irregular English Verbs and a Guid eto Common Verb Collocations (both essential for ESL), and a new Overview of the Internet.

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The 2016 edition of our best-selling dictionary covering core vocabulary with new words added from a variety of fields. More than 75,000 updated definitions, pronunciations, word origins, synonym lists, and over 8,000 usage examples to aid understanding--more than ever before. Useful tables and special sections on Foreign Words & Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names. New words added include: bromance, hashtag, and carbon footprint.

Defines more than seventy-five thousand words and phrases and includes biographical and geographical names, foreign phrases, and advice on grammar

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This volume which has been updated with the addition of about 500 new thesaurus entries as well as new Canadian and British spelling variants. Front matter and alpha sections A to Z, plus back matter section on punctuation.