Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Book

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by: Philip Babcock Gove, Merriam-Webster

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Average Rating: Rating: - 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. Rating: - 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 Though the installation was effortless, the dictionary is too outdated for users who need current information, and the search interface (on the Mac, at least-maybe the Windows version is okay) is less than ideal.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. Rating: - The king of American lexicons !!! This is in response to the fellow who claims it to be a peice of junk. This is an excellent dictionary. I personally own the Random House dictionary (Unabridged) as well as the American Heritage dictionary and neither of these even come close to the breadth of information in this dictionary. It has many more entries defined and lot more usages explained. It has lots of obscure and interesting words you will not find defined in any other American dictionary besides probably the Websters 2nd international (1934) or Johnson's Dictionary. Granted that it is somewhat old (1961) and some of the definitions are a little outdated, but it's scholarship is unmatched by any other dictionary besides the great oxford English dictionary (20 volumes). If I were given the choice to own only 1 dictionary it would be this one. Hope this helps.

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Book

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