The free online dictionary and thesaurus Memidex has released what it calls the internet’s first combined index of external word definitions, audio, and etymology. Memidex now contains more than 12.5 ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

When you spend all your time in a book, you think you know it. All the editors at Merriam-Webster know Webster’s Third Edition, but now that we’re undertaking a revision of the beast, we’re ears-deep ...

A single English verb carries more definitions than any other in the language. Lexicographers have confirmed that the word ...

The Dictionary.com Chrome Extension makes going to a dictionary website redundant. Dictionary.com Extension is for everyone who isn’t blessed with a memory like the Oxford English Dictionary. If ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The English language is, indeed, a quirky one: it's notoriously difficult to learn, and often words have more than one meaning. Some of these ...

The definitions that are given to words affect how we perceive them and popular phases show social attitudes and shape our understanding of the world. 2020 has been a year ripe with social change and ...