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Webster's Third New International Dictionary is a completely new work, redesigned, restyled, and reset. Every line of it is new. G & C. Merriam Company now offers Webster's Third New International Dictionary to the English-speaking world as a prime linguistic aid to interpreting the culture and civilization of today, as the first edition served the America of 1828. This edition has been prepared with a constant regard for the needs of the high school and college student, the technician, and the periodical reader, as well as of the scholar and professional. It undertakes to provide for the changes in public interest in all classes of words as manifested by what people want to read, discuss, and study. The dictionary more than ever is the indispensable instrument of understanding and progress. This new Merriam-Webster unabridged dictionary is the record of the English language as it is written and spoken. It is offered with confidence that it will supply in full measure that information on the general language which is required for accurate, clear, and comprehensive understanding of the vocabulary of today's society. - Preface. Thumbed index. Contains over 460,000 entries defining the English language as it is written and spoken today. |
