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Macquarie Concise Dictionary Ninth Edition
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This dictionary is ideal for students, writers, educators, and anyone seeking an authoritative reference on Australian English and its evolving vocabulary.
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The Macquarie Concise Dictionary Ninth Edition provides an up-to-date account of Australian English, with wide coverage to meet the needs of the general dictionary user. Based on the comprehensive Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition, this volume includes words and meanings that are peculiar to our variety of English, as well as those common to the whole English-speaking world.
The Macquarie Concise Dictionary includes:
- more than 1000 new words and definitions such as bossware, coercive control, infodemic, long COVID, Omicron, pyrocumulonimbus, range anxiety, Teal, truth-telling
- updated entries to reflect changing perspectives relating to the environment, society, politics, technology and the internet
- words and phrases from regional Australia
- illustrative phrases showing how a word is used in context
- etymologies
- valuable usage notes
- free six-month subscription to Macquarie Dictionary Online (www.macquariedictionary.com.au)
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761267758
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 31 October 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: Macquarie
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 68.0mm
Width: 198.0mm
Height: 252.0mm
Weight: 2170g
Pages: 1472
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The Macquarie Dictionary was first published in print in 1981 and has been online since 2003. It contains the complete record of English as it is used in Australia, and is nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. The Macquarie Dictionary - Australia's national dictionary. www.macquariedictionary.com.au
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