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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (Red Kivar Binding with Jacket) | 
| Author: Merriam-webster
Brand: Merriam Webster
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
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Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 890
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 11
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1664
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.3 x 2
ISBN: 0877798087
Dewey Decimal Number: 423
UPC: 081413008081
EAN: 9780877798088
Publication Date: July 2003
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Product Description
This hardcover version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, is jacketed, has a navy kivar binding, and is plain-edged (no thumb indexing). For this new edition, America's largest staff of lexicographers made more than 100,000 changes and added more than 10,000 new words and senses, such as 'convergence', 'Frankenfood', 'phat', 'psyops, and 'vermiculture'. The Eleventh Edition also features over 40,000 usage examples - more than ever before - which clarify confused or disputed terms. Additionally, thousands of phrases and idioms help distinguish vocabulary for language learners. Special sections include A Handbook of Style, An Essay on the English Language, and Signs and Symbols. Over 55 million copies of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary have been sold, spanning a time period of over 100 years.
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 superb reference tool July 7, 2004
147 out of 150 found this review helpful
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. [..]
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!!
Great Reference November 2, 2004
54 out of 58 found this review helpful
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.
merriam webster's collegiate dictionary December 16, 2004
33 out of 35 found this review helpful
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.
 Older editions are best March 26, 2007
28 out of 85 found this review helpful
Oh my, what a long way definitions of words have strayed. Most people who buy and use Webster's dictionaries (either online, CD-ROM or as a book) don't realize Noah Webster was an extremely devout Christian. In fact, he was so devoted that his original 1st edition 1828 dictionary (still availible as a reprint under ISBN# 091249803X) had most of its definitions taken straight out of the bible (similar to the way our constitution was constructed from the bible). So many, many American English word's are based on biblical meanings (whether people care to admit it or not).
Example, in the 3rd edition of Webster's dictionary the word "Easter" is defined as a "Pagan holiday" (which is correct). In 8th editions and later, some ignorant, would-be, so-called "editor" decided to change the definition and now "Easter" is defined as a "Christian holiday" (which is INCORRECT, it's the Greek word "pascha" wich means "Passover" not "Easter"). How can the meaning of a word mysteriously change (virtually overnight) from a "Pagan meaning" to a "Christian meaning"??!! (By the way, pagan means a "heathen": a follower of a polythestic religion (polytheistic means many god's) or one who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods: an irreligious or hedonistic person).
Just a heads up on how the definitions of English words are being tampered with by Merriam-Webster.
The moral of the story is this: if you want correct and truthful definitions, get ahold of the oldest Webster's dictionary you can possibly find and don't ever let go of it (in fact, always keep a look out for an older edition than the one you currently have on hand). Let the "liberal powers that be" at Merriam-Webster keep changing and tampering with definitions to conform to their own views while you keep using and treasuring your ancient, dusty and musty smelling, old Webster's dictionary.
You can get a nice, rank, old one on eBay or at a Garage Sale for a dollar or two. Or better yet, order the original 1828 dictionary and use it! That's the edition I use. A dictionary is one of the few things in life where older is actually better than new.
My favourite reference book November 4, 2005
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I acquired my first Merriam Webster's dictionary when I was 17. It was completely by chance, because at that time I didn't know much about reference books. It has followed me through my English studies (English is not my first language), I've translated hundreds of pages using it instead of a bilingual dictionary, and it has always been reliable, up-to-date and fun to use. I am an English teacher now, I have used many other dictionaries of similar kind, but none of them ever matched my Merriam Webster. Now I have the eleventh edition with CD, which means I'm starting my own collection of the Collegiate series.I'd recommend it to everyone because it's exhaustive but simple to use at the same time. Not many other dictionaries can match it.
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