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| Author: Merriam-webster
Brand: Merriam Webster
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $14.93
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Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 7521
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 11 Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1664
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.3 x 2.2
ISBN: 0877798079
Dewey Decimal Number: 423
UPC: 081413008074
EAN: 9780877798071
Publication Date: July 30, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
 funky thumb-index tabs October 22, 2003
13 out of 31 found this review helpful
I found the books placement of tabs made them almost useless. I know why Merriam-Webster doesn't advertise the fact that there is a thumb-index. I was told that they started using an automated system in 1978 because it was cheaper. I guess you get what you pay for, a cheap dictionary. I say if you are going to insert thumb-index tabs put them in the right place... at the start of the letter being indicated, not somewhere in the middle. What's that all about?
 This is the reference ! June 16, 2005
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I am a student at University and English is my second language. I choosed this dictionnary because it has so much information about words. From pronunciation to origin of the words while giving rules and exceptions....everything is there.
It is more than a traditionnal dictionnary. With it, natives from US or other English speaking countries as well as people learning the language will get everything on their hands. The CD included is very easy to use and so useful when working on a computer. The search engine is powerful and you get at leat 10 options on how to look for words or expressions.
Beware, however, this is not an encyclopedia dictionnary. There are only a few B/W pictures. This is a book to have all the infos about words, not objects. Very complete... I love it !
Great American dictionary but no need to upgrade December 16, 2003
12 out of 18 found this review helpful
Merriam-Webster is the gold standard for American dictionaries with one of the best team of lexicographers in the world. This eleventh edition has 10,000 new words but you do not need it if you have the tenth edition. Most of the slang words (bling-bling, etc.) are already passe' in the circles that they are used in. The new words from the technical fields will not be of much use to you (you probably already have a specialist's dictionary if you need to know what they mean). I have the tenth and it will suit me fine until another ten years go by and the 12th edition comes out.
It's the desk-sized dictionary of reference for American English. March 25, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
For years I used an earlier edition of this dictionary in my work as a copy editor. Now I'm an English teacher and have got the 11th on my desk. I'm going to try to persuade my bosses that every incoming student should be required to buy this dictionary upon arrival at our school, unless already in possession of a copy. Far too many students today, at all levels, are strangers to the use of reference books. We need to make sure that people go on not just _knowing how_ to use them, but _seeing value_ in their daily use. A good dictionary is the fundamental one. The OED and the American Heritage have their virtues, but if all of my students and colleagues were bound to have only one dictionary on their desks, and if I got to choose it, it'd be this one.
A great product for a very good price September 21, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I found this dictionary really well written, even some more of what I expected. The Geographic and Biographic sections are very useful and in other dictionaries are missing. The number of pages is pretty good, and the definitions are complete and clear. The only little flaw I can recollect is the use of pronunciation notes different from the usual standard. The etimologies are a very interesting plus as well as the usage notes. Not to mention the wonderful and solid cover.. a very good purchase...hard to regret, and the price is really good too.
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