Merriam-Webster's Intermediate Dictionary
Price
$11.77
Format
Hardcover
Pages
1024
Publisher
Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Publication Date
Hardcover edition (January 1, 2016
ISBN-13
978-0877796978
Dimensions
7.25 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight
2.54 pounds
Description
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.
Features & Highlights
- This hardcover dictionary focuses on the needs of students in grades 6-8, ages 11-14, and provides advanced dictionary features to help them read, write and speak more effectively.
- It is a wonderful tool to help with homeschooling and remote learning.
- Can be used in Texas STAAR testing classrooms.
- Revised and updated in 2016 with 200 newly added words across a variety of fields including technology, social media, science, health and popular culture.
- New words include: blog, cloud computing, copernicium, derecho, fair trade, fracking, geocaching, hashtag, hot spot, mash-up, microblogging, selfie, social media, STEM, tablet and tweet.
- Includes nearly 70,000 entries.
- 22,000 usage examples help clarify and expand understanding.
- Also includes 1,000 illustrations, abundant word history paragraphs and synonym paragraphs.
- A section on Biographical Names and Geographical Names is offered.
- A Handbook of Style gives direction on the proper use of punctuation including how and when to use the apostrophe, colon, comma, dash, Ellipsis, exclamation point, hyphen, semicolon and more.
