Editorial Reviews
Product Description:This Win/Mac, boxed CD-ROM combines two products in one: The just-published 11th Edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus, with audio pronunciations. It includes 1,300 illustrations, 21 powerful search options, and installs easily on hard drive for instant access. It also includes a free, one-year subscription to a new Collegiate Website. That is a bargain!
Amazon.com Review:The 1998 10th edition of
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary marks the 100th anniversary of this distinguished and popular reference standard, and this is more than just an interesting statistic--it means that Merriam-Webster brings years of experience and reams of citation files to the creation of this latest edition. Improving on their last dictionary, they've added more than 100 pictorial illustrations and supplemented the synonym paragraphs with examples. Along with the English dictionary, which forms the heart of the reference, the editors at Merriam-Webster have included a brief introduction to the English language and a history of the English dictionary, a guide to pronunciation, and a series of appendices that include chemical element abbreviations and symbols, foreign words and phrases, extensive sections with biographical and geographical names, signs and symbols, and a handbook of style.
But getting back to the book itself--it's impressively comprehensive for a collegiate dictionary, with more than 215,000 definitions. Each item includes a pithy wealth of information, with first usage date, etymology, and pronunciation, and clear, precise definitions. In addition, there are often usage notes, synonym cross-references, illustrative quotations, variant spellings and pronunciations, regional labels, and information on capitalization, function, and inflections. Then there are the extra touches. Under bible, for example, there's a chart detailing books of the Old Testament, Jewish Scripture, Protestant apocrypha, and books of the New Testament. Under months is a table listing the months of the principal calendars--Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic. And wonderful line drawings illustrate terms such as mackerel, lyrebird, hedgehog, and the ancient Celtic stringed instrument known as a crowd. All this makes it a valuable reference--detailed enough for editors and writers, accessible enough for students and casual definition seekers, updated with the new vocabulary of technology, and rigorous enough for the linguistic perfectionists. --Stephanie Gold
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
thanks...., September 9, 2008
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Yeon-mo Yanga little to old to get the full functions on Windows XP.
It needs to be upgraded by the Company, the CD-ROM...
Very Satisfied !!!, June 19, 2008
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David C. Crockett (Brunswick, ME USA)
Merriam-Webster's 11th Edition Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus
I ordered the CD- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus. I'm a student and wanted a stand-alone dictionary for my laptop. It clearly has met that need and I would very much recommend it to anyone in the market for a practical, basic and user friendly dictionary for their computer.
1 Start to Amazon (5 to the product), May 16, 2008
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Enu-Bird (OH USA)
First time in the past 7 years, I am really frustrated that amazon shipped a "used product" for a new order. The product was opened, scratches everywhere, looks like a trash.
Since it has been in a CD, I am able to backup and copy.
Don't cheat the buyers amazon.
Product : 5 stars, no doubt.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus, Deluxe Audio Edition (Version 3.0 - 11th Edition) , December 28, 2007
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molly6374 (usa)
This is an AWESOME product!! It has been a tremendous help to my husband and me! The audio pronounciations are of great help! The program installation offers the option of putting an icon for the dictionary on the Word toolbar - WONDERFUL! I think ALL parents should purchase this for home computers for their children and for themselves!
Shortcomings, September 18, 2007
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Carl L. NegleyThis product really needs the addition of an audio pronouncing feature, in our opinion. Without this feature, correct pronouncing is quite difficult.
