The files, started by Webster himself, now contain more than 75 million words and their usage dating to 1790.Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate is the best-selling hard-cover dictionary on the market ...

The update of the Collegiate's 11th edition has pleased Yooper Steve Parks, the prosecutor in Delta County, Michigan, who pushed for more than a decade to have the word recognized by Merriam-Webster.

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, has launched an application optimized for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. The dictionary giant has joined forces with Paragon Software Group, ...

When the 11th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary came out in July, the publisher and the media mostly stressed the 10,000 newly added words and senses. "Phat," especially, came in ...

Oct. 16, 2014 marks the 256th birthday of Noah Webster, the creator of America's first dictionary. However, not all of the words from the early 19th century are still in the dictionary today.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate gets a cover-to-cover overhaul every decade or so in addition to yearly upgrades. The Springfield, Mass.-based company also picks a defining word of each year closer ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Hashtag, selfie, and tweep join over 150 new words and definitions added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate (R) Dictionary in 2014, available now in ...

Da "Yoopers" up dere in da U.P., Michigan's Upper Peninsula, have hit it big with inclusion of their nickname in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the company's free online database.

The entry “man cave” is one of the 15 new additions in the 11th edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. By Ethan Sacks UPDATED: January 10, 2019 at 2:37 p.m.

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Deluxe Audio EditionProduced by Merriam-Webster Inc.$50, Macintosh and Microsoft WindowsPhone 413-734-3134Putting dictionaries on CD-ROM discs is nothing ...