NEW YORK (AP) — Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here’s a few of them with definitions — and ...

The 12th edition of the Merriam-Webster “Collegiate” dictionary, which will be released on Nov. 18, introduces 5,000 new ...

Merriam-Webster will add more than 5,000 new words and 1,000 new phrases when it releases its first new edition in more than 20 years.

The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more ...

In the new book "Born Lucky," NewsNation anchor Leland Vittert writes about his experience on the autism spectrum while not knowing about his diagnosis until college. Vittert joins "The Takeout" to ...

The 12th edition of "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary" comes 22 years after the book's last hard-copy update and amid declining U.S. sales for analog dictionaries overall, according to Circana ...

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Diane Keaton remained loyal to her friends right up until her death last Saturday at the age of 79. In an interview with PEOPLE, actor Ed Begley Jr., who starred alongside Keaton in the 2018 romantic ...

Although most people would define ‘nude’ as a color that matches a person’s skin tone, about a month ago, Merriam-Webster would beg to differ. Instead, America’s leading and most-trusted dictionary of ...

Merriam-Webster has announced its 2021 Word of the Year and, surprise, surprise, it’s not “floccinaucinihilipilification.” No, instead, the winner is the word “vaccine,” which beat out over 470,000 ...

The 12th edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, set for release on November 18 with pre-orders now open, arrives amidst a reported decline in U.S. sales for traditional print dictionaries ...