Merriam-webster's Collegiate Dictionary

Brief Description: "New ed. -- completely revised and updated"--Back cover. Marc Notes: Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary, Eleventh edition, principal copyright 2003;17th printing, Quad Graphics, Versailles, KY, October 2012--T.p. verso.; An Encyclopaedia Britannica Company--Cover.; Includes bibliographical references and indexBrief Description: Newly Revised & Updated for 2014! America?s best-selling dictionary defines the current, active vocabulary of American English and is updated on an ongoing basis. Features more than 225,000 clear and precise definitions and more than 42,000 usage examples. Current copyright is 2014. Laminated plain-edge version. Publisher Marketing: Presents concise definitions, pronunciations, abbreviations, some illustrations, usage examples, and synonyms with ten thousand new words and meanings." Review Citations:

Booklist 10/01/2003 pg. 344 (EAN 9780877798071, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Booklist 05/15/2004 pg. 1640 (EAN 9780877798071, Hardcover)

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