A completely revised and updated edition of this best-selling language reference is now available. Covers the core vocabulary of everyday life with over 75,000 clear, concise definitions. Includes pronunciations, word origins and synonym lists. Special sections and tables.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

NEVER RECEIVED!!!!!!!:

PAID FOR THIS AND NEVER RECEIVED THE ITEM! EMAILED WITH CONCERN AND NEVER GOT RESPONSE!!!!

Lost,destroyed with no feedback:

At first package did not arrive. Sent message to seller several times with NO response.
Eventually package arrived with stampiing from post office "Received in damaged condition". Book in torn condition. Still no response from seller.
Makes me reconsider any future purchases like this.

How can they call this dictionary!!!!!:

Shame on the editor, what kind of thing it is on world, that explain things in a matter that are even more complicated to understand!~
For example,
Distress - seizure and detention of the goods of another as pledge or to obtain satisfaction of a claim by the sale of the goods seized .
If I am able to interpret that long phrase I would have known the word distress already!
A dictionary is used to help people, learning, communicate, not to showing off how complicated some people are able... more info

The Merriam-Webster English Dictionary:

My old Webster's Dictionary paperback was in 4 pieces and at least 20 years old, so I decided it was time to replace it with a new one. Wow! The new one is a lot bigger with new words. But, the print is so small it's hard to read. That was a disappointment.

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