Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition With CD Rom [Hardcover]

Merriam-Webster (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1999

Take charge of today’s language! This all-new, authoritative edition boasts over 215,000 definitions including dozens of new words—"dot-com", "eye candy", "electronica", "24/7", and more. You’ll also discover:

- Countless illustrations and tables offering at-a-glance information

- Detailed symbols to show common pronunciation and acceptable variants

- Usage guides and synonym paragraphs to help you choose the right word

- Special sections on Abbreviations, Foreign Words and Phrases, and more

And with a bonus CD-ROM, you’ll have easy access to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary & Thesaurus, Electronic Edition from most of your Windows or Macintosh programs. The CD-ROM will operate on any computer running Windows 95 or higher or Macintosh OS 7.5 or higher.

This deluxe edition is an essential addition to your library.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1559 pages
• Publisher: Merriam-Webster; 10th edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877797137
• ISBN-13: 978-0877797135
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,011,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Electronic Dictionary and Thesaurus, May 22, 2000

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Steven Leavitt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition With CD Rom (Hardcover)

Along with the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the electronic dictionary and thesaurus are excellent. I would have given 5 stars, but the process of highlighting a word, copying it, and then activating the M-W Link (to access the dictionary/thesaurus stored on the hard drive) is a little cumbersome, but it is still a VERY useful tool. The electronic dictionary even has some images. Another plus, it is very easy to switch back and forth from the dictionary and thesaurus.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One thing to think about, December 8, 2002

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magellan (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition With CD Rom (Hardcover)

I just had a brief comment on something many people probably don't think about when buying a dictionary.

One problem with dictionaries, especially of English, is the problem of updating it for new words. English is particularly good, or bad, about this, about coming up with neologisms, and lexicographers routinely track new words to see if they have enough legs and staying power in use to become worthy of inclusion in the dictionary.

This dictionary has the advantage of being updated every year, and new editions come out every few years or so, as opposed to the other much bigger dictionaries, although they often have supplements that you can buy.

Most of us probably don't need to be that up-to-date on new words, unless one is really hung-up on slang, but it's one of the things that makes life hard for a lexicographer of English. Also, not all the new words are slang-related--many are techologically related--and those also get added to the language and change more and more quickly these days.

2.0 out of 5 stars No CD Rom Included, January 30, 2011

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This review is from: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition With CD Rom (Hardcover)

I could have purchased used copies of this item for less than $5.00.
Instead I choose to spend $24 for this item because it is advertised with a CD ROM.
The CD contains the MW Collegiate Dictionary 10th Edition plus a thesaurus.