Webster's 3rd New International Dictionary: Of the English Language/Indexed/Imperial Buckram/Unabridged - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877792062 ISBN 13: 9780877792062

Publisher: Merriam Webster, 1986

Synopsis

Nearly half a million entries provide standard and variant pronunciations, etymologies, comprehensive definitions, updated usage illustrations, and synonym articles

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Review:

If big is better, the unabridged Webster's Third New International Dictionary is among the best. Weighing 12.5 pounds and measuring 4 inches thick, its 2,662 pages define more than 450,000 words spanning "a" to "zyzzogeton," including words ("disselboom" for instance) not found in other dictionaries, plus clear definitions, comprehensive etymologies, interesting asides, literary usage quotes, and a comfortable typeface. More than 150 years of accumulated scholarship helped collect the 10,000,000 usage examples that accurately provide definitions, and $3,500,000 went into producing this impressive volume. With Webster's Third you get a lot of dictionary for your money.

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For more than 150 years, in print and now online, Merriam-Webster has been America's leading and most-trusted provider of language information. All Merriam-Webster products and services are backed by the largest team of professional dictionary editors and writers in America, and one of the largest in the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Merriam Webster
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0877792062
• ISBN 13: 9780877792062
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 2665
• Editor: Merriam-Webster