The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

By Merriam-Webster,

Book cover of The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Book description

A revised and updated edition of the best-selling dictionary covering core vocabulary with over a hundred new entries and senses.

More than 75,000 definitions and 8,000 usage examples aid understanding―and cover the words you need today Includes pronunciations, word origins, and synonym lists Features useful tables and special sections on…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked The Merriam-Webster Dictionary as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

My Mother did not graduate high school. She lived on a farm in Poughkeepsie, the third oldest of nine children, and went to work. She was a smart woman who grew up to be a court reporter. I remember nighttime, when the house was quiet and dark, she would be at the kitchen table reading the dictionary with a flashlight. Self-taught, she loved words and passed that on to me. “Janie,” she’d say when I asked the definition of a word, “Look it up!” She’s been dead for years, but her memory lives on every time I grab the dictionary.

From Jane's list on aging.

If you love The Merriam-Webster Dictionary...

Ad

Book cover of Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor's Unlikely Adventure

Tap Dancing on Everest by Mimi Zieman,

Tap Dancing on Everest, part coming-of-age memoir, part true-survival adventure story, is about a young medical student, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor raised in N.Y.C., who battles self-doubt to serve as the doctor—and only woman—on a remote Everest climb in Tibet.

The team attempts a new route up…

Want books like The Merriam-Webster Dictionary?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 44 books like The Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Browse books like The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Book cover of Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Book cover of New and Selected Poems
Book cover of A World of Curiosities

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,887

readers submitted
so far, will you?

Ad

📚 If you like The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, you might also like...

Book cover of Creativity, Teaching, and Natural Inspiration

Creativity, Teaching, and Natural Inspiration by Mark Doherty,

I have woven numerous delightful and descriptive true life stories, many from my adventures as an outdoorsman and singer songwriter, into my life as a high school English teacher. I think you'll find this work both entertaining as well as informative, and I hope you enjoy the often lighthearted repartee…

Book cover of Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business: Ways to Achieve Financial Literary Success

Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business by Joylynn M Ross,

Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business is for anyone who wants to learn how to make money with their book and make a living as an author. Many authors dive into the literary industry without taking time to learn the business side of being an author, which can…

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in the English language, rhetoric, and writing?

Rhetoric 56 books
Writing 60 books