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The Merriam-Webster English Dictionary | 
| Author: Merriam-webster
Brand: Merriam-Webster Hardback
Category: Book
Buy New: $6.50
Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 2089
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 939
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.6
MPN: MER930
ISBN: 087779930X
Dewey Decimal Number: 423
UPC: 081413009309
EAN: 9780877799306
Publication Date: July 2004
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Product Description
Paperback dictionary contains 75,000 entries, including words from science, technology, business and medicine. Dictionary offers 7,000 usage examples, synonym lists, special sections and tables, pronunciations, etymologies and grammatical information. Contains 960 pages.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 Decent Dictionary for Basic Definitions September 3, 2004
127 out of 129 found this review helpful
Being a university student, a dictionary that is compact enough to fit in a backpack amongst many textbooks is a must. This, the latest edition of the M-W Dictionary, fits that requirement. The text is easy to read and there is even a nifty reference section at the back containing "foreign words & phrases, biographical names, and geographical names".
I rate it at 3 stars because although the cover boasts "Over 75,000 definitions", words such as ontological and multivalent are not included.
I highly recommend this dictionary for students at the high school level, but university students should keep searching.
This is the one I always seem to reach for first.......... March 31, 2006
32 out of 35 found this review helpful
I have a old hard cover Webster's collegiate dictionary that my parents gave me before I went to college sitting under my bed. I also have a huge 2 volume Oxford Shorter English dictionary gathering dust in my closet. I even have a unabridged Random House dictionary on the very computer I am writing this review on. I use all of the above occasionally, but the one I use the most is this little paperback dictionary that sits on my desk beside my bed. It usually has what I'm looking for and I rarely have to use one of the bigger dictionaries. The size is nice and it is light weignt so it is easy to carry around if you have to. If you need a small desk dictionary this is a good one.
Great dictionary March 2, 2006
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
I bought this for my son who is in grade 5, he had the cheap dollar store one, he was fed up with not finding words he needed for his project, i thought ok its for college students, but he loves it,...loves showing me new words he has learned...Great buy.
It was a little over my head... And it was boring as hell! April 25, 2007
12 out of 25 found this review helpful
I just finished reading this very long book. I have to tell you that it really lacked depth in my humble opinion. First off, there is no real plot, nor are the characters in this novel very interesting. I wish it had more pictures as well. In a nut shell, it's a very long, tedious, boring novel and I hope this Merriam-Webster person refrains from writing any others. I give it three stars because the book is quite educational and I did learn a lot. For example, I bet most people out there don't know what the word 'morphology' means. Well, if you read this book you will find out! However, that being said, I think anyone could write a book like this. They just need to have an extensive vocabulary like this Webster person. Don't get me wrong, I think he/she is an extremely intelligent person, however he really stinks as a storyteller. In many ways, he reminds me a lot of John Updike (especially in his later years) with all of the big vocabulary words he uses. However, Updike is a much better writer overall and definitely knows how to write much better stories than this Webster guy does. By the way, is this the same Webster that was on that T.V. show in the 80's with the legendary football great Alex Karras? Man, what a cute little kid that guy was! I was wondering what happened to him. If it is, I sincerely hope that he returns to acting (I mean let's face it, he can't be as bad as David Schwimmer!) and in the future refrains from trying to pass himself off as a writer. I hope I am not sounding too critical, it's just that this book was so damn boring! Especially the last chapter with all of the words that started with Z. I could have done without that all together and what it had to do with this particular story I will never know. Very disappointing way to end a book!
 Very handy little dictionary February 17, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This dictionary has everything I wanted in a small, inexpensive dictionary. It has the briefest possible descriptions for each word. Yet so far it has had all the words I've need to look up, except for just one. It doesn't tell you the root meanings or origins of the words. It basically gives one or two synonyms. It seems to be meant for exactly what I use it for-- reading in bed, needing something handy but small for quick word lookups.
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