He’d hoped to chronicle the company’s long-awaited overhaul of its online unabridged dictionary, the first major undertaking ...

The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more ...

Complete with thumb notches and a deep red cover, and weighing almost 5 pounds, the 12th edition is the first new edition in ...

Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced in September it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new ...

What is the hardest word to define? What’s the longest word in English? These are just some of the questions Merriam-Webster editor Kory Stamper has to field when she tells people about her job. It’s ...

Merriam-Webster will add more than 5,000 new words and 1,000 new phrases when it releases its first new edition in more than 20 years.

Merriam-Webster announced this week that it is publishing a new edition of its iconic Collegiate Dictionary. It's the first new edition in more than 20 years and only the 12th since 1898, the company ...

Some of the 21st century's newest English words, including "rizz," "dad bod," and "photobomb," have been added to the latest edition of a well-known dictionary. Merriam-Webster, a leading American ...

Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced on Monday that its 2018 “word of the year” is “justice.” The word saw a spike in searches on the publisher’s website this year, which was looked up 74% ...

What is the hardest word to define? What’s the longest word in English? These are just some of the questions Merriam-Webster editor Kory Stamper has to field when she tells people about her job. It’s ...