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Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary 11TH Edition

by Merriam Webster

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The new Eleventh Edition of America's best-selling dictionary merges print, CD-ROM, and Internet-based formats to deliver unprecedented accessibility and flexibility at one affordable price. Fully revised print content features more than 225,000 clear and precise definitions and more than 10,000 new words and meanings. Includes easily installable CD-ROM and free one-year subscription to new Collegiate Web site.

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"Sets a high standard for future desk reference." Library Journal

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"A road map to where English is headed." The Village Voice

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"An absolutely first-rate, easy-to-use and high-quality basic resource." Midwest Book Review

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Presents concise definitions, pronunciations, abbreviations, some illustrations, usage examples, and synonyms with ten thousand new words and meanings.

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This groundbreaking edition merges print, CD-ROM, and online formats into one convenient package, providing unmatched accessibility and flexibility. The most up-to-date dictionary available, it features 10,000 new words from all fields of knowledge, 225,000 definitions, more than 700 illustrations, and more than 40,000 usage examples--the most in any desk dictionary.Merriam-Webster

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ISBN:
9780877798095
Author:
Webster, Merriam
Publisher:
Merriam-Webster
Author:
Merriam-Webster
Location:
Springfield, Mass.
Subject:
English language
Subject:
Dictionaries - General
Edition Number:
11
Edition Description:
W/CD
Series:
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Series Volume:
no. 396
Publication Date:
January 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
1623
Dimensions:
10.06x7.02x1.97 in. 3.77 lbs.

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