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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
A new edition of America's best-selling dictionary! Setting the standard with:
- Fully revised print edition featuring more than 225,000 definitions
- More than 10,000 new words and meanings
- Special sections including a Handbook of Style
- Fully revised print edition featuring more than 225,000 definitions
- More than 10,000 new words and meanings
- Special sections including a Handbook of Style
Hardcover, 11th edition, 1623 pages
Published
January 1st 2003
by Merriam-Webster
(first published 1934)
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Jan 31, 2011
Mariel
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Wordsworth
Recommended to Mariel by:
Doogie Howser
Word.
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Oct 17, 2009
Seizure Romero
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
all you lazy f***s who won't use spell check
Freaking brilliant. Totally unique plot structure and a surprise ending that just blew me away. I can't say too many good things and I just can't stop reading it. The author's vocabulary is astounding.
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I have only started reading this book but find the plot to be all over the place. I can't really get a feel for where the storyline is going. It really is broken up into such small chapters that I'm going crazy! I have at least come to find out that what I am feeling is "Angst".
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There is no clear plot to this book, no characters, no foundation. The authors word choices are astounding and truly descriptive.
The most detrimental book in existence and Satanic by, ironically, definition.
Language is the most influential tool in mind control. Language is the external expression of reality as a personal paradigm and supplanting one’s language into another is to manipulate the person into experiencing only what you allow.
Looking up the definition of a word is like unto sitting in a mass being given in a language foreign to you and being denied the opportunity to experience the Bible yourself. It is dogmat...more
Language is the most influential tool in mind control. Language is the external expression of reality as a personal paradigm and supplanting one’s language into another is to manipulate the person into experiencing only what you allow.
Looking up the definition of a word is like unto sitting in a mass being given in a language foreign to you and being denied the opportunity to experience the Bible yourself. It is dogmat...more
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Merriam-Webster. (2005). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
Citation created by: Tom Shaw
Call Number: PE1628 .M36 2005
Description: Developed by leading scholars of the English language, this dictionary is a valuable resource for word definition and usage. It is the number one selling English language dictionary in America.
Content/Scope: This volume contains 225,000 definitions, 700 illustrations, and more than 10,000 new words and meanings. There...more
Citation created by: Tom Shaw
Call Number: PE1628 .M36 2005
Description: Developed by leading scholars of the English language, this dictionary is a valuable resource for word definition and usage. It is the number one selling English language dictionary in America.
Content/Scope: This volume contains 225,000 definitions, 700 illustrations, and more than 10,000 new words and meanings. There...more
There are many dictionaries in the world. Many crappy dictionaries. I quite enjoy this one. It seldom lets me down. I use it so often, I can find it on my shelf in the dark. What better way to spend a Saturday Night?
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Alas and alack, I'm pining away over the demise of my thumb-worn tenth edition. Something in the way she lay--her clothbound boards downy to the fingers; her notches guiding my thumb to just the right recess; her intoxicating fragrance, inside, along the spine--attracts me like no other printing.
Alas and alack! She is put to rest.
A consumation devoutly to be wished for?
The eleventh edition, uncouth imitation of the tenth, feels hard to the touch and looks just as adamant, with its garish, gloss...more
Alas and alack! She is put to rest.
A consumation devoutly to be wished for?
The eleventh edition, uncouth imitation of the tenth, feels hard to the touch and looks just as adamant, with its garish, gloss...more
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Jan 02, 2013
Lisa (Harmonybites)
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone Who Writes in American English
Recommended to Lisa (Harmonybites) by:
The Copyeditor's Handbook
Everyone should own a collegiate dictionary--that is, a substantial, if still abridged, dictionary with far more information than you find by just googling a word--or that would even fit in a pocket dictionary. Well, anyone who has to routinely compose writing more complex than grocery lists. My old Random House College Dictionary proved perfectly serviceable for decades--which was the problem. The copyright was 1984. You couldn't even find the word "internet" there, let alone such words in my s...more
Oct 20, 2011
Steven Nutting
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Only one "twist" and "turn" in the whole thing so far, but I am only on the V's.
This by far is the worst book i've ever read. It makes no sense at all. There's no story line. No climax. No resolution or even a protagonist. I mean tells you what a protagonist is but there isn't one. This book is literally just a bunch of random words listed in alphabetically order and some information about the words. I can't even pronounce some of these words. This book is a piece of shit and couldn't even finish it. Merriam-Webster is the worst book author ever. Just thinking about this bo...more
This wonderful dictionary has served me well ever since I purchased my first one in high school, beginning in September of 1968. It makes an excellent gift for any student with high aspirations! Looking up random words is often fun, especially if you "let one thing lead to another"...
A book that is truly timeless.
Beautifully written, thorough, descriptive.
They say reading is knowledge... well this book proves that for sure!!!
No seriously? I'm a total weirdo I do in fact read the dictionary on occasion. whatever...
Beautifully written, thorough, descriptive.
They say reading is knowledge... well this book proves that for sure!!!
No seriously? I'm a total weirdo I do in fact read the dictionary on occasion. whatever...
The introduction was very strong. It used very big words, but the plot and the conflict was very confusing. Can somebody please explain it to me. It took me a year to read. And it was written weird
Feb 02, 2012
Needleroozer
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
fans of the English language who don't want to look up words online
A wise person once told me that she won't be a dictionary unless it has the word "fuck" in it. I checked this one before I bought it at the thrift store. Yep. It includes "fuck." Good enough for me.
This book was so boring. The plot was very difficult to follow and for the life of me I could not identify the protagonist or antagonist... SPOILER ALERT: it ends in zygote!
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Haha okay okay, so I haven't actually read the WHOLE dictionary, but I feel like it's worth mentioning! Do we ever give the dictionary enough credit? I THINK NOT! :P
With me, there's never a substitute for a good dictionary. I always bring a dictionary with me when I go on long trips and I've never regretted it.
I'm not kidding...one of my favorite books because anything ever written or read is in there...it's just a matter of putting the words in good order.
Jul 24, 2011
Natalie
marked it as to-read
School-related. Dictionary preference of the Chicago Manual of Style, most publishing houses, the Copyeditor's Handbook, and my class.
Very dry, I read it bits at a time. tough vocabulary, I have yet to figure out the story line, the theme seems to jump all over the place
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A fascinating read that is tough to get away from and instills a "just one more page" mindset. Highly recommended 10 outta 10.
Very informative, explained the meaning of words very well. Now I can finally use whimsical in my daily speech and not feel dumb.
This book was... breath-taking. From begining to end, I was amazed at the variety of words that were in it! Two thumbs up!
Better e-dictionaries are available now, but I still use this because I have so many words underlined or highlighted.
this saved my life several times. once from a bullet, once from a drunk driver, and several times on ela projects.
Obviously, I have not read the entire dictionary. This is just the one that I refer to when necessary.
I recomend this book to everyboday because is very useful , you may need it for every day in your life.
Jan 07, 2009
Richie
added it
It was a good read. More enjoyable if you don't go in alphabetical order. Skip around a bit.
My Dad always told me, "You want a good book to read? Pick up a dictionary." He was right.
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