Merriam-Webster is America's foremost publisher of language-related reference works. The company publishes a diverse array of print products. Dictionary making at Merriam-Webster has always been an ongoing process. Even as the 1859 edition was being published, editorial work on a completely new edition was under way.
Merriam-Webster presents Medical and monolingual dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition—America's best-selling desk dictionary—and Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.
Merriam-Webster and SlovoEd—two industry leaders—have joined forces to produce the ultimate dictionary application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Best-selling, authoritative reference meets state-of-the-art technology to provide instantaneous word power with a click.
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
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- Over 263,000 entries and 700,000 definitions
- 143,000 etymologies describing word origins and 100,000 quotations
- 1,100 synonymy paragraphs
- Special updated Addenda Section of new words and meanings
- Extended Thesaurus
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition America's best-selling dictionary!
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- Fully revised print edition featuring more than 225,000 definitions
- More than 10,000 new words and meanings
- Extended thesaurus
- American de-facto standard for dictionaries
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary A concise guide to the essential language of medicine.
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- More than 35,000 entries
- Pronunciations provided for all entries
- Covers brand names and generic equivalents of common drugs
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What reviewers have said about the print edition:
- “Sets a high standard for future desk reference.”—Library Journal
- “A road map to where English is headed”— The Village Voice
- “An absolutely first-rate, easy-to-use and high-quality basic resource”—Midwest Book Review
Application features:
- Work offline: just download and install.
- Hyperlink between entries
- Access content fast with low memory consumption.
- Display a search history of the last 100 words looked up
- List of similar words in case of misspelling
- Wildcard Search if you are unsure of the exact word spelling. Use “?” and “*” symbols to replace the missing letters