Third New International Dictionary of the English Language
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I bought this unabridged dictionary for my grandchild, who enters into
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A fascinating read!
I carried this wonderful tome along on my last backpacking trip in the Sierra. Boy, was I glad I had brought it! We got stuck in snow in one of those trailside shelter thingys for three days. My significant porter and I took turns bashing each other all over with it, not for any kind of kinky thrill, mind you, simply just to fend off cold and boredom. After we had done with breaking it in, we opened it to the letter M and used it as a pillow-for-two! It was really just serendipity that I brought it along in the first place--we had decided to leave the gaz backpacking stoves at home in order to practice our foraging skills. Since I had a little extra space I tucked it under the rubber chicken and ankle weights.
On the third day, we decided to use some of the grammar appendix to kindle a little warm-up flame. During snowbound days, we read definitions to each other. I recommend this book for any serious camper.
Webster Dictionary
I had the second expenditure of Websters international dictionary for
some 45 years and was him time, to the relative new third expenditure
to update meant. The new edition is main a little more smaller and a
lighter because of the type of paper. Also there is mores entries in
it. A large purchase for all wordsmiths out there.
Having a Webster's Dictionary Easily Accessible
I had used the on-LINE-Websters, but I found the listing incomplete
and it was little an impairment to have to go to the on-line a listing
to receive. It is nice, the dictionary inhabitant in my different
computers having. On the down lateral I that I expected to see more
sichtbarmachungen estimate more graphics, more bells and Whistles with
each entry am however possibly it the words, which I require, which is
not favorable to such listing. I doubt, if I would have bought it,
without back-getting it of my university-professional capital, since
it is point pricey at approximately $50.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
Straight one for which I looked. Good value.
Don't be too literal-minded: Reason for THIS dictionary is a great one, but is not to be found by doing accounting
This is the ONLY dictionary that has satisfied me. Don't get literal-minded here. Word counts sell dictionaries to the overly-literal-minded American. More words --> better dictionary? Not really. In case after case after case even other biggish Websters (big because they ramped up word count) seem to never capture the IDEA of the word. In fact, the dictionaries almost admit it in their preferatory material (a dictionary is about definition, not connotation). If you have NO idea what a word means, MAYBE the definition will help. What all the other dictionaries FAIL to do is answer this: "you know, I wonder why I picked that word?" This big Webster's Third New International is GUARANTEED TO TELL YOU WHY YOU INSTINCTIVELY PICKED THAT WORD THAT YOU DID. (Obviously I am adressing a native English speaker in this review; non-native speakers: if the weight of this book is not unweildly for you, sure you should get it too.) Today's example: revelatory. I said MathCAD (math software) is motivated by its revelatory aspect. In an Excel spreadsheet all your crazy numbers and formulas can be any kind of stuff -- and noone would be the wiser, but in MathCAD all your computations are made manifest and explicitly disclosed. But the examples are numerous. Just time after time after time I find all other dictionaries dissappointing. It's like I want to add to the entry -- "see one uses this word to make a distinction or in these sorts of uses; if you want to emphasize THAT notion instead, this is not the word, THIS is the word." This big Websters International Unabridged has all that stuff that I would add to the entry already there.
Convenient
I like the idea the Muessens for each on-line do not go look above,
and it works well (I have Windows.xp, which is on my machine pro). It
is downward arranged that it does not include a thesaurus and it words
gives, which are not that exist there. A last note: she says in the
box the fact that you were received complete a free subscription for 1
year characteristics of M-W on-line (that is nice, since the place of
assembly has a thesaurus), but there no activation code, or whatever
for it tries out and did not support its support.
great content but not easy to handle
Having all the definitions in one book is really handy. But it ends up being a heavy one to lift, little font to read, very fine pages to grab and turn and a quite austere approach to vobulary. Illustrations are not numerous and are in black and white. I miss so much the glossy pages, color illlustration, and user friendliness of Larousse dictionaries that I used in French. It was a pleasure to learn the dictionary by heart. This was ardeous and done to address need. It is functional but lacks the fanciness that makes searching and reading fun besides useful.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
The first three items I checked were not in this dictionary. I don't like the way they credit everyone who has a definition for a word. My daughter bought the one just under this one in price and it is a great source of word definitions. This is pretentious and a big disappointment.
Jeanne Matthews
Severna Park, Md., 21146
No More Desk Clutter
During on the computer or the InterNet, this product ideally
comfortably is well corresponded, and for everyone like me, who needs
an orthography companion fast. I am safe from the correct orthography,
before I her auxiliary spell checker dictionaries, as Microsoft adds
Outlook. I love it. None more desk disorder of the worn out
dictionaries for me baby. Jimmy
Has lots of words, but definitions lacking
It feels to me like Webster simply find all the words they can and put it inside the book. Although it has all the words, it doesn't necessary have all the definitions and etymology of the words that I would want. Also, some of the definitions are outdated.
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Bait and Switch
Amazon has an illustration spoken of three volumes and of other
reports about CD. Which I received, were an individual volume and no
CD. Customer-fit up and are not you not in a haste, as I was. I am
surprised, why I never was disapointed with the private people (or
small book memory) this sales by Amazon? crs
A Disappointment
A lot of words defined here, but still not complete. Mine is the 2003 V3.0 version and it does finally include "internet" -- but don't bother looking for "blog" as it is not there. Could the etymologies and histories be more complete? Yes. Other criticisms I read of this CD are also on the mark, as, for example, the absence of many of the print-version illustrations.
There are a lot of search options that could be helpful. One of these claims to find homophones (homonyms). This version will find neither "bow" for "bough" nor "ruff" for "rough".
Still a useful item for many purposes, but complete or unabridged it's not.
Webster's Third is a great resource!
This dictionary is excellent. I can get the complete meaning of every word there is in the English language. It is the best dictionary that I have ever had. I have wanted this one (the real Websters) for years.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
Websters third new international dictionary has all words, which need
you now in a lifetime! With 2662 sides and over 476.000 entries, it is
the largest dictionary, which you find in North America! I looked
above pianissimo and fortissimo in the copy, which we have in our
school library (pianissimo means superswitch in the music and in
fortissimo the opposite). Websters third new international dictionary
earns really five stars!
i hate to gush about a dictionary...
but maybe just this once...
this thing is as complete as it is heavy, and that's saying something. really, what more do you need?
Excellent, Flawed, So What?
I give Webster's 4 stars instead of 5 because they have not updated since 1961, but they likely never will. That said, I consider this as invaluable as the Oxford English and several other dictionaries I own or use. Each has it's purpose. I own this one because, when power goes down, it is accessible, as well as historically accurate. I usually access it online, though, through the internet; which, another reviewer notes, you will not find defined within it. If I want an absolutely up-to-date dictionary, online is the only recourse. [...] That's a specialized purpose, since one would hardly be able to read most of literature with only the most current dictionary -- hence the value of Webster's. Webster's is as "Old School" as it gets. Wiktionary is as "New School" as it gets. The world needs both. Get Webster's because you may never see that form of unabridged dictionary ever again, unless civilization literally collapses around us. In either case, the value will rise over time.
Very Good Product
This dictionary is thus simple to use and was simple to load on my
computer for fast entrance and daily use. I would recommend it to
everyone.
Great reference!
This dictionary has a very thorough listing and clear definitions and pronunciations. The only downside is that it has an addendum with new words, instead of the words being included in a completely new print. This is certainly one of the best unabridged dictionaries available.
what a piece of junk!
Something explains to me that you would not be on this side and these
reports would read, it is you an acute and probably pedantisches
interest in the words and in their meanings divided. I is not no
different. For one approximately now, I used decade the occasional
unabridged house, which is evenly weighty and minted 1987 was. I
looked for newer something, and I thought that the time, when Websters
with this monster came out had come late into the case of 2000.
Although I on the purchase of the book verse-eat was, standing in the
examination line, I, if I could not be had permission, in order to
open and examine her, asked straight for larks. Introduce yourselves
my suprise on discovering that this book was really printed 1961 and
the same text is actually nearly complete! Set since at that time one
did not affect! Peoples, it is bare a RH-ISSUE of their edition 1961.
They added an absorbing "special appendix section of the new words"
toward to the front side of the dictionary (, I estimated 80-100pp),
but they could not be disturbed, in order to include this Neologismen
in the main text, probably, because, which would have been 1961 proofs
to reset too much work for Webster
A classic: treat it as one
All dictionaries are out of date when they are published.
This is a flaw to some, and a delight to others.
Despite what some reviewers here claim, no dictionary in the last 100 years set out to be prescriptive, that is, to include the words considered good and exclude the words considered bad. Prescriptive lexicography went to its grave about the same time as Queen Victoria did (in 1901).
People _believe_ that dictionaries are prescriptive, because (despite the inconvenient stuff in the preface that says otherwise) generations of English teachers have browbeaten their charges into writing they way their parents would have done, by saying "That's not a word, it's not in The Dictionary."
False, on two counts. False first, because the teacher should have said (with a glance at the title verso), not "That's not a word", but "That wasn't a word in 1961." No teacher today would ever say that, of course. Most of them weren't born in 1961. False second, because it is an _argumentum e silentio_, an argument from silence. This is a fallacy because you are assuming the compilers of the dictionary omitted the word on purpose, when in fact, if you read what they said in the preface, they probably omitted it through lack of evidence, or lack of time, or -- most likely -- lack of opportunity.
People believe that Websters Second (W2) was prescriptive (=good) and Websters Third (W3) was descriptive (=bad) because W2 more or less ignores informal English, and W3 covers it in detail. But this is not the dictionaries' doing. Lexicographers describe the language they see. And lexicographers glean much of their contemporary language citations from newspapers.
What many people do not take into account is the revolution in journalism that took place in the 30s, when the "write as you speak" movement swept away a whole formal style of writing that now seems to us quaint and stilted. If you turn up a leader column or opinion piece from 75 years ago, you may well find it nearly unreadable. Even many of Ambrose Bierce's funny columns from 100 years ago can now seem as hard to read as something written in 1750.
Several reviewers have noted that a Merriam-Webster 4 is long overdue. That is true. If you went around speaking the English that is described in W3, very shortly there would be soft-spoken but burly men in white coats coming to take you away. That dictionary says "a video" means "a tv set". That dictionary says that "email" is "a kind of enamel".
There is no news of a W4, and I believe the publishers are hesitant to spend the vast amounts of money required to produce a modern dictionary. Why should they? Much of Middle America wants a prescriptive dictionary, but no lexicographer of any standing would produce one. Considering the scorn, much of it ignorant, that was heaped on W3 in 1961 (a much more liberal time), it would be a brave, perhaps even foolhardy publisher that would launch a new dictionary on the US market now.
W3 is a fine dictionary. Its style of definition writing (consistent throughout) is exemplary, though today it sounds a little stiff. It swept away rubbish contributed by the technical advisers to W2 (such as "dord"). It is the first dictionary I consult about food (next stop: Larousse Gastronomique).
But it does describe American English of 1959, because in those days of manual typesetting and galley proofs it took about 2 years for a dictionary to get from manuscript to book. That makes it a museum-piece. It does not describe the English you speak. It describes the English your parents (or maybe grandparents) were speaking on their first date. That is, of course, what makes it valuable to teachers. If they say "Don't say that, it's a horrible slangy word", that is a 'value-judgement', which is of course not allowed. But they can say, "Don't say that, it's not a word, it's not in the dictionary." That is not a value-judgement, it's an objective criticism, which is allowed. There is slang in W3, but it is 50s slang, and has now entered the standard language or is forgotten, so it doesn't matter.
In the absence of a scholarly modern American dictionary, you may have to content yourself with a European one. Europeans tend to complain about contemporary words and senses being left out, whereas Americans almost invariably complain about them being put in. And, despite what you may think, we do know about American spelling. How could we not? it is the majority dialect.
Missing pages
I love my Websters and it for some years used. However my eleven a
yearly, which discovered I miss am fair, 19 sides - pages 1353-1372.
Do not know, if that is fair my volume, or if everyone discovered
otherwise a similar problem. I plan to buy 2 volume the Oxford English
dictionary set, in order to congratulate my Websters; however a OED
rezensent mentioned it found some sides printed top side down!
An old friend past but well past it's prime
The dictionaries of the Merriam Websters are to reflect the language,
since it is not the language, as power is or should be been is. At
least that was, which Noah Websters intentions were. This sequence of
the dictionaries went through 4 main expenditures: 1890. 1909, 1934
and 1961. (I exclude the earlier expenditures, which really rather
differently as if are, those versions "internationally" mentioned.)
Like you every 20 years to see know or so, published G.C Merriam a
main update. We should have seen the fourth expenditure in the Reagan
line once. Dictionary enthusiasts would already store their pennies
for the fifth expenditure. The main body of the dictionary became
outdated. Differently than the 20 volume. OED, this was never meant,
in order to be the dictionary of a scholar. It meant, in order to be
present. The expenditures, since the late sixties have all contained
appendices, but this section does not address the problems with
existing entries. It is to be used also rather annoyingly. If one
liked to see that which a well getanes modern dictionary looks as,
necessarily a buecherregal by it is not to be possessed, necessity
only a view to the new expenditures of the shorter Oxford of English
dictionary.
Dictionaries are supposed to settle arguemnts, not start 'em
W2 has been controvercial since the day it came out. It makes no distinction between correct and non-standard words, it's pronuciation guide is non-standard, it's emphasis marks are in the wrong place .. it even includes "ain't" without comment. The truth is W3 was really a cost cutting measure. The larger W2 (with it's "Reference History" and other extra material) cost so much to produce that Merriam set about to size the thing down. The result, I am afraid is not as good as where they stared. The old W2, even badly dated as it is, really remains the best dictionary by far. It's all there, but it puts non-standard words below a line across the page. As far as questions about words go, The 2nd settles the matter; the 3rd leaves us wondering. In my opinion, the Merriam 2nd is still the best. Second place goes to the OED, (too big, too expencive, and reaaly just a list of examples anyway) then maybe in 3rd place, the old New World Unabridged. Merriam, (now part of Britanica) really should just bight the bullet, retire the W3 and set about updating W2. CD's and the net have taken away the original arguement that the W2 was just too expensive to print and bind. And the few hard copies made could be a little pricey .. they usually go to intitutions, not indviduals anyway.
Descriptive Rather Than Prescriptive -- a Major Flaw
None of the other Amazon reviewers, even those who only give this book 1 star, seem to mention what was an enormous controversy in literary circles when this book first appeared in 1961 -- that it was "descriptive" rather than "prescriptive."
The great Second Edition Webster's Unabridged, originally published around 1930, had set the standard for dictionaries but was unashamedly prescriptive -- it told you clearly what each word meant and which words were correct to use and which words were not. It didn't matter if millions of people used the word "ain't": it was incorrect usage and that's all there was to it.
The Third Edition, of 1961, switched this around. It said that if enough people used a word a certain way, then it was, at the very least, acceptable usage.
As I recall, the eminent critic Dwight Macdonald immediately wrote a long, scathing article about the Third Edition in The New Yorker and absolutely trashed the book. Jacques Barzun and others wrote similar reviews. And in a detective novel that followed not long after, that beloved fatty of West 35th Street, Nero Wolfe, sits in front of his fireplace and tears his copy of the dictionary to pieces page by page, feeding them into the flames. Its crime: saying that "infer" could be used in place of "imply."
But not to Dwight Macdonald, not to Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe, and not to me, either. I found a used copy of the Second Edition in a bookstore in Harvard Square around 1965 and have carried its enormous bulk around the world with me ever since. If you want to find out the *correct* usage of a word, get the Second Edition -- if you can possibly find it....
Note written a year or so later: I've just run across a New Yorker cartoon from the March 24, 1962, issue, cartoon #187 out of 860 for the year, by Alan Dunn. A bearded gentleman with a briefcase is standing in front of a receptionist at a desk. On the wall behind her is a large corporate logo in which "C. Merriam, Dictionary Division" can be read. The receptionist is holding a phone and saying: "Sorry. Dr. Gore ain't in."
Good, but needs a revision
I bought, the 2003 am new - this expenditure has an appendix section
of the new words in the front side (89 sides) with a copyright 2002
and then the main text of the dictionary with a copyright 1961. The
new words in the appendices are registered not in the main text, thus,
if you cannot above look a word in the main text and find him, must
double you to examination then, which the appendices partition. The
plan text appearance like it remains the same as the template 1961,
and to read is not simple. In contrast to this the plan of the shorter
OED is rather nice and a pleasant alternative. The words and the
definitions of the Websters the third new international dictionary are
extensively, determining, and a slight dated point. Additionally to
the hardcopy I have also a subscription to the on-line version, which
I found, in order to be very user friendly and very useful. I find
that, if I use on-line its, I the on-line version of this dictionary
as my first choice (followed of OneLook Dictionaries). If I use a
pressure dictionary, my first choice is normally "the new Oxford
American dictionary" for a fast direction of the core meanings and the
referred directions. My second choice is normally 2 volumes "shorter
Oxford the English dictionary" for a historischere direction of the
word. My third choice is that 20 volumes OED. My fourth choice is
normally this dictionary.
Huge, comprehensive, and severely over priced for a 1961 dictionary. There are better choices.
That of the Websters third new international dictionary is a very
large and wonderful aid, which has more than 400,000 definitions. It
is supposed behind the Oxford English dictionary the secondarymost
frequent complete. And it is also from 1961 and a total waste of your
money out straight. It seems, two main arguments over this dictionary
gives, of which both miss the point. First there is the expenditure of
prescribing against describing. Most general users wish a describing
dictionary. All we know that, e.g.. "" is not is bad English. But we
know also that it and written billion times were spoken and not
therefore be simply ignored should, because it insults, which speak
correctly or write. Far larger expenditure here is, whether or not
you, to which consumers, THIS should buy assumed dictionary it is the
same, did not publish it back 1961. The primary argument for using
this book is avowed that we need not a dictionary of present English
and it are useful to have something words, which could not be found in
the newer dictionaries. It is applicable that "InterNet" or "email
should not to have to look anybody above." However this dictionary
does not form more valuable. The value of this expenditure as tool, if
it uses older words, is minimal. They can receive this expenditure for
some dollars at a yard sales or "friends of the library sales." If you
need a dictionary so at the moment, there is at least one alternative,
which gives you more exact definitions as well as words, which could
find, you in your measured value, particularly older English
literature. This dictionary is the 9. Expenditure of the areas, which
were improved and as recently as 2003 published. It has more than
300,000 definitions and goes back completely to Shakespeare. It is one
of the dictionaries of the choice for Scrabble user (and something
says!) and English majors. While it could be little, which is smaller
third than the Websters, it adjusts it in all further ways - including
price. It is half of costs! There are innumerable examples, which
show, why it is useful to have a dictionary is modern and older of
words taking defines the word "black one." This dictionary defines it
as acceptable name for general consumption. It defines and explains
the areas then that it is considered now as insulting. Look "anti-
Semite" above - Third Websters does not define it straight as someone,
animosity toward to the Jews has, in addition, everyone, which opposes
Zionism or it sympathizes also whom those, which oppose Israel. Speak
about a loaded political definition. Area, like every other modern
English dictionary, essentially defines it (and more exactly) than
"hate of the Jews." And with areas you can still above look a word,
which was not written into a newspaper for approximately 100 years
(e.g. "cark") and the correct definition find. They work strongly for
your money. Except it. If you need a dictionary, which gives you
definitions of the older word purchase the areas. If you must have the
Third of the Websters simply, you can receive it for some dollars at a
library sales.
Superb BUT....
Websters 3rd new international unabridged is indeed "must-has", _,
i.e. but _ it needs likewise hopelessly main new edition, possesses A
* 4. Expenditure *. I the three-volumes version of the 3. Expenditure,
which is bought by encyclopedia Britannica in the mid-'60's. Except
the fundamental Merriam Webster 3rd unabridged contents mark it a very
useful "filter language dictionary". I wish that the largenecessary
New edition of the 3rd new international will New edition for the
version include, which I have. Hope eternal springs, how the proverb
goes.
Acceptable
Please note that CD-Rom version is v2.5. From the listing title you would expect the CD-Rom is v3.0 but that is for the Dictionary Version. This is more than confusing. Anyways, after a lot of hassle I received a replacement with no CD-Rom at all so I had to replace the replacement. Somewhat poor quality control. (I decided to re-rate this just to be fair. The Merriam-Webster website is not particularly helpful in this regard.)
Words, words, words!
I buildup with a very large dictionary in the house. Over the years it
was carried, contributed to the pieces however largely to my training.
I bought this dictionary with the CD-ROM after it came out briefly. I
used, the CD-ROM to a large extent however to take the book from the
box have. If you are operated for cash, receive only the CD-ROM. Each
way, receive the Merriam Webster speaking dictionary CD-ROM as well as
this dictionary for those words, which are not safe you, as one
expresses. The speaking dictionary is not extensive as this as, but
the two are together fantastisch. The two of CD Rome are large
operational funds and at my house and at the work are good-used.
The biggest I have....CD VERSION
I'm an avid collector of Webster dictionaries and this one is definetely the biggest one available, but it has serious drawbacks too.Firstly, the layout is very bad.When I click it, it seems to me that everything is a bit messy.It lacks geographical names, colloquial terms and the usage notes are rare and not very clear as well. This dictionary includes many dialectical words like"mud clerk" that are not included in other unabridged dictionaries.This book is helpful with pronunciation (there are usually several variants included)and etymology (for those who need it)
Still, I would highly recommand Random House Webster's Unabridged instead, for those who need detailed and absolutely perfect usage notes and regional varations. Random House has only 320 000 words, but includes geographical names and proper nouns.
4 stars overall for being the biggest and for some helpful option available on this CD
Good CD dictionary that can be better
This report is for CD version. IchBIN in agreement with most preceding
rezensenten that this upper is notch dictionary American English. Some
preceding rezensenten weighted that the new words are not inserted
into the main body of the dictionary. This could be a problem for the
printed version. For CD version this is not a problem. When looking
up, I can not explain a word, if it is from the collecting main or
from the new word list. I not understnad, why the Multimediafunktion
is not on that CD. If it fixed disk-uses too much, it can be made
available by that CD, like occasional house. No expressing symbols can
compare with the material clay/tone.
cd rom edition is great
Do not hesitate to buy CD Rome expenditure. It is million-mark more
meaningfully than, the paper version buying. They can search by text
in the definition, in the etc.. That cannot do in the paper version.
Also I think that this useful than the OED on-line dictionaries in
certain cases in addition is.
It provides the depth I love!
Often what I discover is that I know a general meaning for a word but cannot put my finger on it's precise meaning, when it comes to words... I like to know the precise meaning. The Websters' Third International Dictionary provides the excellence I am looking for. Plus I love the feature it contains of using each shade of meaning in a sentence. Add to that the comparison meanings of synonyms and I am estatic. Not to mention that I find both the software version and the hardbound - helpful to have on hand. They both have their time and place as the most useful at the time. I comparison shopped and found that you can't even come close to the deal Amazon.Com gives.
QUITE A LANDMARK REFERENCE
This unabridged version of "Webster's Third New International Dictionary" presents a landmark (American English) reference. It is an indispensable, all-inclusive tool, which would lighten the yokes of both writers and transcribers.
A rare single-volume monster, it harbours more terms and definitions than an average English speaker would ever need. Its contemporary outlook is solid: just as amazing as its price is reasonable.
Nevetheless, one sour-point of this gem is that its print-size is too small. Still, it remains a fine tool.
Great CD ROM!
I already reviewed this book (below) but wanted to add that the cd-rom that comes with it is pc/mac compatible and is SO easy to use that you may not bother with the book. The cd-rom is fast and simple to use! Loads easily into mac! You can do searches, jumbles, crossword clues, cryptograms, etymologies, etc. Every English word you click on will take you to a definition of that word, also. An excellent tool for all wordsmiths!!!
Indispensable online--but inadequate
I bought the CD version. I keep it on my hard drive and use it many times a day, not least for Boggle.This is the only online unabridged dictionary I know of. [The OED is impossible to use on a hard disk]
It works quickly and well.
The complaints I have regard the outdated and inadequate listings. The New Oxford English Dictionary [not online] has far more contemporary words, and many, many more Canadian, Austalian and other non American English words.
Again and again I am forced to go online to dictionary.com to find words that are missing in this so called 'unabridged' dictionary.
Also missing is an audio program that would pronounce the words out loud. This feature does appear on the Merriam Webster website, so why not on the CD version?
I bought this book for winning at Scrabble
Sure, I know that the Scrabble Player's Dictionary has most of the 2-8 letter words in it, but large compound words are also legal, as long as they are made from shorter words that were previously on the board.
Example:
1) One person spells MAN
2) Next, someone spells OARSMAN
3) Finally, someone spells OARSMANSHIP
If your only authority in a Scrabble game is the Scrabble Player's Dictionary, OARSMANSHIP isn't possible, because it's 10 letters. But it's perfectly legal according to the rules.
And, while it doesn't happen often, if someone has an opportune letter or word placed between two "double word score" or "triple word score" spaces, you can increase your chances of obtaining a rare, "quadruple word score" or a "nonuple [9X] word score," by having the most complete dictionary to validate it.
Obviously, the real consideration for giving the Scrabble Player's Dictionary the "Official" endorsement was economic.
Let's face it, the biggest words are worth more points, and I'm not going to throw away a chance to rake in a huge score, just because of an INCOMPLETE dictionary.
Trust me, I have no intentions of ever using any other dictionary for Scrabble than the BEST: Webster's Third New International Dictionary.
The Best there is
I can understand, why so many reports others to disprove, because
everything inside is. Saturn, Jupiter, Abe Lincoln etc.. They name it
it are more ther. Etymologie? It is gives latin root or the first
reference
No support for low screen res
The interface can be terrible, or it can be bright; , I would know
each way not like that I run on a laptop with a vertical dissolution
from dpi 480. When running at this dissolution, the lower surface of
the dialog fields becomes away - role staffs, lists of words, et al. -
instead of the size again to determine chopped, how expected by even a
preequality user interface. And tech supported answer to my dilemma?
Increase your dissolution. Sadly, it is a laptop with a locally
specified dissolution; not a choice. I am clung to assumption with
Encartas little-as-few definitions by words.
Gourgeous dictionary but lazy publisher
This review is unavoidably dichotomized: one is for the dictionary and one is for the publisher.
As for the dictionary, I have to express my deep admiration for Webster's Third New International Dictionary: it is in my opinion a wondrous dictionary, the best I have ever used. I am a researcher and I extensively use English in writing. For so much time I have rested upon imprecise or unclear dictionaries. When I came across the Webster's Dictionary I found the foremost authority in English dictionaries. The feature I most appreciate of this dictionary is that, unlike the other ones, it is based on multiple concise definitions for most words. That is, it explains meanings by means of two or three (sometimes more) different sentences which are always brief and pellucid (instead of one definition consisting of a long unwieldy sentence). Thus, the reader's cognitive effort in understanding is much smaller. Numerous examples help readers to understand every nuance of the word: the sources are diverse (literature, science, history, philosophy, etc.) and cover a wide range of contexts. Many usage notes provide synonyms and help the reader to distinguish semantically related words.
I suggest anyone to buy it at once, and I also suggest to carefully read the guide to the dictionary and to the pronunciation: you will find that the Webster's Dictionary is a very powerful tool, a lot of information is conveyed, more than you might think before reading the guide.
As for the publisher, I agree with the review entitled ``What a piece of junk'', and I would like to address one word to Merriam-Webster: lazy! You are very lazy. Webster's Dictionary is a petrified dictionary, no revised edtion has been made from 1961. I am astonished, I wonder what you are doing. You keep on publishing reprints and sell them at a very high price. Anyone may find here in Italy the 1993 edition reprinted by Konemann at a very low price. Some time ago I bought it at 27 Euros (about 23 US dollars). It is true that there is an addenda but this is just the evidence that a revision has not been accomplished. A serious publisher would have undertaken a complete revision. Once upon a time you were a prime example of how a publisher should work, currently you are a prime example of how a publisher should not work (are you aware of what Oxford University Press is doing now with its English Dictionary?). Webster's Third New International Dictionary is still the best dictionary (bar Oxford English Dictionary) but you are sitting on your laurels: watch out! If you do not look to your laurels Random House will soon outstrip you.
It is obvious that my five star score is for the dictionary as it was compiled by Noah Webster and revised by lexicographers and scholars at Merriam until 1961. Current Merriam deserves no score.
If you love the English language...
This is the largest, most thorough, most authoritative american dictionary available. It is a major publishing event when a new edition is released. If your idea of a delightful afternoon is browsing through a dictionary looking for previously unknown words, reading about their origins, and wondering about this amazing thing called the English language, this book will provide you with enough material to keep you happy for many years to come.
Must-have
This is an old gem that every serious writer must have. I
remember the stir it made when it first came out 40 years
ago. In recent years my paper dictionaries gather dust and I
use the cdrom versions more than ever. The OED is online at
many colleges and Oxford will soon release version 3.0 on
cd-rom (...)
It's useful only for major reserarch projects. For ordinary
lookup I have been using the Shorter OED and the Random
House. Both are OK, but the Random House quotations are
mostly made up, and the OED ones are from British
literature. The MW-3 has much richer and more sophisticated
definitions, and its quotations are marvelous. Bellow,
Updike and Capote are well represented (but only one Rushdie
and one Naipaul) Historians are well covered-about 150
quotes from Oscar Handlin, 40 from Schlesinger, 30 from
Woodward, 25 from the Beards; good magazines abound, with
400 quotes from the New Republic, 600 from Newsweek, and 740
from the New Yorker; they added some newer cites for the
cd-rom edition. The search routines are superb. MW and Random House both integrate with WORD. How did I miss the cdrom version when it came out two years ago?? Dunno--they have not promoted it very well.
p.s. online you can use a good 90-year old unabridged
dictionary: the CENTURY ....
In response to Charles M. Sebree and Scott Eliason
I became possessed that of the Websters unabridged dictionary (3rd
expenditure) since 1985 and recently became I got also the "newest"
expenditure of this dictionary with CD-ROM. Which I found, the CD
ROM's illustrations straight was based on the deluxe expenditure of
its college dictionary, therefore the CD ROM's contents is real a
shortened expenditure of the original printed expenditure. If you do
not have the deluxe expenditure, which you can examine their web site
(www.m w.com), is an expenditure for on-line there. According to the
answer of personnel Merriam Websters, is it contents be based on the
edition 1993 of the unabridged dictionary, really the edition 1993 is
the "latest" of their unabridged dictionary. The copyright date 2000
is only production the date of this CD-ROM! But the CD-ROM is really
very useful to find in connection standing words because it advanced
to graze to searches and function, in which I in connection standing
information find very simple can. And it is not possible in the past,
when there is only a printed dictionary. This dictionary has it is
really disadvantage, because it cannot make explanation available in
the geographical and biographic name etc.. If you are searching
updated and newer unabridged dictionary, I suggest the fact that you
can buy the occasional house unabridged dictionary (her became
published her unabridged dictionary, 2. Expenditure with CD-ROM in
1993), finally fair giving are already you some interesting facts over
the 2. Expenditure of the unabridged dictionary (Merriam Webster), the
total number words and size really more largely than the "unabridged"
dictionary (3rd expenditure), therefore is the "unabridged" word
indicates only that it is a larger dictionary, but cannot not
"everything" really really cover!
The king of American lexicons !!!
This is in retort on the companion, who maintains it, in order to be a
peice of the Troedels. This is an excellent dictionary. I possess
personally the occasional house dictionary (unabridged) as well as the
American inheritance dictionary and none of these come even near to
the width of the information in this dictionary. It lets more entries
define many and draws more by lots avowed consumption. It has lots
incomprehensible and interesting words, which 2nd international not
probably defines you in any other American dictionary except the
Websters (1934) or Johnsons dictionary find. Presupposed that it
(1961) is a little old and some the definitions is a little
overhauled, but it is gel honouring SAMNESS is not adapted by each
possible other dictionary except the large Oxford English dictionary
(20 volumes). If the choice were given to me to own only 1 dictionary,
it would be this. Hope that this helps.
More than a dictionary
It has all the listings and pictures of the actual book. It does not include the word lists. Such as all words starting with "un-" that did not include a defination. So you can't look to see if "uncashed" is really a word. But, it does have some extra features. It allows you to guess at the spelling of word to find it. It has a program to help you solve crosswords. It allows you to copy and paste words (really handy for the difficult words). You can even get a list sorted by nouns, trademarks and such. And it is much easier to look up a word from the program on the computer rather than that 40 pound tomb of the print version!
In response to Scott Eliason
Hi, Scott! Listen, the latest edition always has an earlier date but in this case, as in previous printings, at the beginning there is an addenda including 18,000 new words or new meanings to words already included. This may seem unsuitable, but just think that by leafing through the addenda you get to learn about the new language of the last 10 years!
Good reference book, but...
I have wished for a long time for the CD version of the Oxford English Dictionary and was on the verge of buying it until I read a review that expressed disappointment with OED-CD ease of use. The reviewer highly recommended Websters 3rd New International Dictionary:Unabridged which I purchased instead. The program is very easy to use and easily links to my MS Word.
I do have four disappointments - First, I have a real interest in etymology and though the NID:U has an etymology section it is very brief.
Second, though the CD is dated 2000 I have wondered just how up-to-date it is. For example, the word "internet" is not found.
Third, many of the illustrations in the print version are NOT in the CD version. That is a big disappointment.
Fourth, the dictionary does not contain many proper nouns or names. For example, out of the many uses for the word "Lincoln" not one definition lists Abraham as in President; neither is there any listing for Jefferson, either as President or Memorial. Look up Georgia and you will find that it is a state but there is no reference to the now country of Georgia, a former Soviet Republic. Look up any of the planets, Saturn, Venus, Mars, etc. and you find no mention of these words as describing the planets! The more I look the more disappointed I become. It is sold as an "unabridged" dictionary and according to the definition means complete, which the Wester's 3rd New International:Unabridged is not.
Very usable but could be improved
This review focuses on aspects of the software, not the quality of the dictionary content.
The software is fairly usable. When installed onto your hard drive (80 MB) it starts up in 4 seconds. You enter sufficient characters to identify the word and/or choose it from a filtered list. The entry (including stress and pronunciation symbols) is displayed typographically like the printed edition. Illustrations are not included with the entries. Any word in the definition can be double-clicked to jump to its definition. The software supports advanced searches and includes online help.
Anything supporting faster lookup would improve usability. This includes faster startup (nearly all of the startup time is spent in the splash screen). Since the program consumes 1--3 MB of RAM, it is reasonable to leave it running. Improved support for looking up words from other programs would be nice. The software includes macros to facilitate lookup from Microsoft Word and WordPerfect, but support for alt-clicking any word (à la GuruNet/Atomica) would be more useful.
The GUI isn't "polished": Background colors don't abide with your desktop color scheme, window size-position is not retained when restarting the program, old style WinHelp is used instead of the newer HTML-based help, etc. These are simply annoyances; the software is stable and bug-free.
The software is an improvement over the online dictionary available at Merriam-Webster's website in that you don't need to be connected to the Internet and that the dictionary is unabridged.
W3 excludes proper nouns; names such as Russia
As reply to the reader from Brooklyn, I would point out that W3 discusses at length, in its explanitory notes, that this reference work defines no proper nouns. Names of people, such as George W. Bush, places such as Russia, and things, such as the Hope diamond, are not included among its entries. The editors explain that the printed version could not have been contained in a single volume if such encylopedic terms had been included. If you frequently need to reference such terms, you will need to supplement this specialized language reference with a geographical or biographical dictionary, or an encyclopedia.
Our reader from Brooklyn is quite correct in his assertion that W3 is dated. Apart from adding new words, this work has not had a major revision since it was first published in 1963. Many of its definitions are dated. The work reflects the mood and spirit of the 1950's more than of the new millenium. Still, its scholarship is unassailable, and the work, as a whole, is still invaluable. Until the folks at Merriam-Webster can update it--no easy task--this dictionary is still the standard for American English. Rumor has it that a new edition is being planned. These mammoth dictionaries take about a decade to refurbish, so this one is it, for the nonce.
Regarding performance, 30 seconds access time sounds very slow. I suspect this reflects an older and slower Mac. Are any other folks experiencing this?
Web's 3rd is still '93
I received straight my copy of the 3rd unabridged dictionary of the
net from Amazon. Entirely I am lucky and him to everyone with enough a
love would recommend, so that words and language increase from the
shortened standard dictionaries take. However I have a reservation,
which is I, to which readers of this report for underlining think.
Amazon shows this book as October 2000 release. The contained CD
seems, 2000 to be (I did not still examine, around to see whether to
be a material updated version), but the book is 1993. I am
disappointed in this date, because I expect that it lacks a quantity
new Technofachsprache, which I would have expected in a publication
2000.
The Dictonary for Serious Writers
I purchased this dictionary because I found that an abridged collegiate dictionary just does not have the depth that I require in my writing. Any serious author that is concerned with knowing about what they talk of should consider this book. It is massive, with all of the information you could possibly want from a true writing resource. Plus, the name Merriam-Webster means that you are accessing studied information that has been refined and honed by scholars and specialists for generations.
What really sealed the deal for me was the computer software included with the book. As large as the book is, the software adds an amazing degree of functionality. It is a true companion piece to this reference tool. Easily worth a lot on its own, the software is included in the package for a modest price.
Though there is a contest to win by writing a review for this item, I can seriously say that I would have taken the time to write this anyway. In the few days since the holidays that I have had this resource, I have dipped into it innumerable times to assist my writing--not just for spelling and definitions, but for a detailed history of the origin of our language.
It is not, however, a dictionary for everyone, for most people will not have the need for a resource tool this detailed. I give it five stars though, because it is not intended to be a family dictionary, so this is truly not a drawback or flaw.
A must buy for any serious writer or scholar of any kind.
WNID3 software for Mac users
As a Mac owner and editor, I was delighted to learn that WNID3 was available in CD-ROM form for the Macintosh. However, my delight turned to disappointment after using the dictionary for the first time. Though the installation was effortless, the dictionary is too outdated for users who need current information, and the search interface (on the Mac, at least-maybe the Windows version is okay) is less than ideal. For example, the program didn't recognize "Russia" as a viable word, probably because Russia was the USSR back in 1971, the year (I believe) WNID3 was last updated. When I used the more advanced search option of searching through definition entries for occurrences of "Soviet Union," the program listed "3 entries found," (3 entries with definitions containing the words "Soviet" and "Union") but provided no way to access those three entries! In a comparison between Merriam-Webster's excellent on-line dictionary and their WNID3 software, it took 9 seconds to get a definition of "zoology" on-line, and a whopping 30 seconds to get the same definition using the software. The time delay might be solved by being able to run the dictionary straight from the CD-ROM, but that isn't an available option. Not the ideal choice for professional use, though it's probably just fine for personal reference needs.
fast and easy
Webster's 3rd International is a terrific dictionary, but it becomes even better with this CD-ROM. The software starts up within 2 seconds of clicking the icon, and you can simply start typing the word you want to look up. "Of course," you say? Well...check out the OED, which I bought and subsequently returned. With that, it takes about 20 seconds to get started (assuming you already have the CD-ROM in your drive--otherwise it will take you longer), and then leaves you with a page full of options to choose. And then...but I digress. Let's just say the software for Webster's is just what you want--click on the icon, type the word, hit RETURN, voila. And you can double click on any word in the definition and you are instantly brought to that word's definition--which is REALLY nice. The software is good enough that it significantly enhances the value of the dictionary. And if you don't believe me, do what I did: buy the OED first, let the world's worst software package frustrate the heck out of you for a week, then return it and buy Webster's 3rd.
Sometimes bigger is better
With exception of the complete Oxford English dictionary does not give
it simply a more useful existing dictionary. And differently than the
exaggerated price of the OED (it is you a microscopic text and a
magnifying glass with the compact OED to use likes), is sufficient the
Websters for most users. I used my for decades; that, which I grew
above with, carried out. I hate shortened dictionaries; as lifelong
readers and author you know never, when an incomprehensible word will
come above -- and at this point in my life, those is the only words,
which I do not know. Plus, the marks of the Websters dandy a bolster,
while you are at the computer!
A Dictionary on CD-ROM is Good -- However, this Disappoints
There aren't all that many choices for dictionaries on CD-ROM yet, at an affordable price. The price was right, but after using this dictionary for about a month now, I must say I am very disappointed by what is missing from this reference "book"! There are no: geographical names, biographical names or even names of Ivy League schools (such as Yale)! When I tried to look up "Master's" and "Masters" for the proper punctuation when speaking of a master's degree, even this was not listed!
The software design seems already old-fashioned, slow and a bit clumsy, reminding of the kind of software that was more common eight to ten years ago.
When installing the software, one is given the choice of whether to install it into WordPerfect or Word software -- but there is no choice of installing into both. When I tried installing into WordPerfect after installing into Word, the CD-ROM would only let me do this if I were willing to uninstall the copy in Word! (The company is aware of this flaw, and they told me the next version will have this corrected.)
I have carpal tunnel problems and my wrists are very weak. This is the main reason I need a dictionary on CD-ROM rather than book form. So I am glad to have one in my computer at all -- but really, for the price I do not feel this dictionary was worth it. I hope they will try to improve it.
A good dictionary but a little not up-to-date
Yes, this is a good dictionary, I have used it since 1985 and I am a dictionary lover. I use many professional dictionaries such as Random XXX Dictionary, Webxxxx New World Dictionary, American Herxxxx Dictionary, Longxxx Dictionary, Oxfxxx Dictionary, Encarxxx Dictionary etc. I think the 3rd New International Dictionary is a good dictionary, but it is not so up-to-date when compared with other dictionaries I have mentioned above. Since the major portion of this dictionary was originally published in 1961, I think it is a must to update it with a completely new version with the help of the computer database. And I think, at the present moment, the list price (US$69.96) for a single CD-ROM of this dictionary is not worth enough to buy, unless it is bundled with the hard copy (the price can be adjusted) such as Random xxxxx's Unabridged Dictionary, they have hard copy with CD-ROM bundled. I think Merriam-Webster have to think about this - at least this is an added option.
buggy from the start
From the beginning I had problems with that CD. Before it would
function, I had to downloaden 2 marks. I emailed MW Techunterstuetzung
and end of the first week, had received not an answer. There is a
number of characteristics, meant, in order to increase, which really
work in reverse. I would have preferred a simple thesaurus adding,
instead of a Kreuzwortraetselloeser. Buy the book instead of!
The Best Dictionary ever found
In the late seventies I lived in New York town center, learn-English
among other things an uncle of my gave me my first Webster dictionary,
you believe not, how much assistance was it for me, a native Spanish
loudspeaker. After some years I a English-Spanish translator so my
"cushion book" been always are, a Webster dictionary, I think that it
is done at all the best. Now days, it is very important to have a CD
version at least for my work. Owing to, Fernando Callirgos G.
It's good, but it is an electronic era!
Informative contents of the third new international are a
characteristic marks it uncomparable. I used it for more than 10
years. However have ever more dictionaries on CD-ROM moved. The first
OED on CD-ROM was released for more than 10 years. For Merriam
Webster, is the material dictionary on CD-ROM Merriam Webster¡¦s
Collegewoerterbuch Deluxe audio expenditure. It was too bad that the
former expenditure was still Nichtaudio. In my daily use I have
normally difficulty, if I form the area of 9.125 x 12,875 tariff
casting for the third new international on my desk. If it is opened,
it requires more than twice from the area. Because of this used I
Merriam Webster¡¦s 9th new college dictionary and the following tenth
expenditure frequently, when I the third new international used.
However that was all tuende I¡¦d, before Microsoft released the
buecherregal. I prefer it to Z.Z., the CD-ROM expenditure of OED to
use occasional house Webster¡¦s of unabridged dictionaries CD-ROM and
of Microsoft buecherregal. Only if they cannot solve my problem, I
open the third new international. But it is rare! When I began to use
OED CD-ROM I go never back to its pressure version. Likewise as I
occasional house Webster¡¦s unabridged dictionary CD-ROM had, use I
never its pressure version again. I am such a computer user that my PC
was never turned off. Every time I must examine each possible word in
the dictionaries the only thing I, must do turn for the monitor and
the information is only united away-clicks. There is a CD-ROM, a DVD
ROM and a MO in my PC. The OED CD-ROM, Encarta DVD and a copy of RHD
CD-ROM on MO always lies in these drivers. It¡¦s electronic era.
Merriam Webster¡¦s hesitating, if it released the CD-ROM of its
flagship, decreased its value in the arena!
A delight for the those who enjoy words
This book was a birthday gift to me from my husband. When the box arrived I was so excited, from the presentation in the box to the feel of the buckram covers how could anyone not enjoy this book. That night my husband and I spent a couple of hours just looking through the book, reading the definitions, looking up words, reading about Noah Webster, what a treat. We use the book every day, looking up words we thought we knew and realizing how limited our knowledge is. This book is a tremendous gift for anyone who values knowledge and loves words.
A fixture in my home office
It bothers me somewhat, as others have noted below, that the main 2662-page text of the Third New International is unchanged from the 1961 original, but the bulk of formal American English has remained surprisingly constant since that time. I had been relying upon an old Seventh New Collegiate by Merriam-Webster until now, and had come to appreciate their particular brand; "the genuine article", as it were. When I uncrated this book, I realized that it had to have a place of easy access where it could stay opened all the time, for it is so large. I ended up needing to clear a whole shelf, and I installed its own overhead fluorescent lamp. It gets a lot of everyday use, and if I don't find the word, I know I should think twice before continuing to use it in my speech and writings. I only wish the Addendum were integrated with the main portion. I, too, will be interested in their Fourth edition.
Excellent Dictionary
I found this dictionary outstanding quality. As a person who's english is not a first language, I love the unlimited variety words and the detailed descriptions of each words. I hoped if the book isn't so big and heavy but I guess it's impossible for this dictonary. I like to recommend to evrybody and I have so. For new buyers, you won't regret. People might think this dictionary is not much different from the oxford but THIS is quiet an extraordinary...
A great dictionary, but.....
Webster's Third is certainly one of the great dictionaries of the world and the standard reference of American English. But it is showing its age. The major portion consisting of the A-to-Z listing was originally published in 1961. This revision has an addenna of 70 pages listing new words which have come into usage since then. Merriam-Webster has announced that a Fourth Edition should be expected by 2002. Hopefully, they are also looking on publishing a CD-ROM version.
The W3 is unequaled by any single-volume English dictionary
Several so-called unabridged dictionaries are available to me and my legal-writing colleagues. That residing in my personal office is the W3. Frequently, colleagues cannot locate a word or word usage in other unabridgeds, but find it in my W3. It never occurs the other way around. If you need more, you've got to go to the OED. At Amazon.com's price, the W3 is a steal.
W3 or OED?
There are only two final English language dictionaries: Websters third
(W3) and the Oxford of English dictionary (OED). The OED has the
advantage of the gel honouring SAMNESS, the prestige and the
preference/advantage: generally as the gold share in the definition of
the English words is regarded. It obtains this mainly by historical
books and the manuscripts of quoting and back in many cases goes to
the dark age, when the language developed. Approx.. contained and more
than three foot shelf area requiring 22 volumes, there an impressive
adding to everyone library, although at high costs. It is, again at
the high costs, present on CD-ROM. W3 is an individual volume
approximately four tariff broad. It offers an accurate definition of
each word, which to it at all (450,000 registered) except jargon and
technical language to find, the outdated words, the technical
vocabulary and new adding of the language. It is not over to order
places to an occasional literary allusion. It defines the English
language. Assume that you would like to look the word "synecdoche
above." Which of the following film scripts do you prefer? (1) find
volume 10 of the OED and experience that Wyclif (1338) it as "whanne
defined, which a part for aluminium is stopped, each aluminium
adjusted for oo equality. . "(2) place computers, discovery CD-ROM,
load CD-ROM, go to OED, step by program, find information, empty
CD-ROM, turn computers off, arrange CD-ROM, concern back too, what you
did in the first place. (3) opened W3 and read "an illustration of the
speech, by which a part for a whole is set (as sail fifty for fifty
ships). . . "W3 is the dictionary. It belongs in everyone home. At the
specified price it is an unbelievable agreement. In high of degrees
recommended.
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