This best-selling jacketed hardcover dictionary is indexed for quick use and includes an electronic version of the dictionary and a free one-year online subscription. It defines the current, active vocabulary of American English and is updated on an ongoing basis. It features more than 225,000 clear and precise definitions and 42,000 usage examples.

Newly added words and meanings come from a variety of fields including technology, entertainment, health, science, and society.

New words added include: digital divide, baby bump, defriend, hashtag, fracking, clawback, Arab Spring, cap-and-trade, steampunk, brb, catfish, fist pump, beat box, exoplanet, and muffin top.

Special sections include A Handbook of Style, Foreign Words and Phrases, and Biographical Names and Geographical Names.

It’s an American publishing icon with more than 60 million copies sold. Current copyright 2014.

Product Features

• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition. Fully revised print content. Features more than 225,000 definitions, 700 illustrations and more than 10,000 new words.
• Fully revised print content.
• Features more than 225,000 definitions, 700 illustrations and more than 10,000 new words.
• Includes easy-to-install Windows®/Mac® CD-ROM and free, one-year subscriptions to the new collegiate website.
• Thumb-notched hardcover edition with jacket.