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For the new edition, America’s largest staff of lexicographers made more than 100,000 changes and added more than 10,000 new words and senses, such as convergence, Frankenfood, phat, psyops, and vermiculture. The Eleventh Edition also features over 40,000 usage examples—more than ever before—which clarify confused or disputed terms. Additionally, thousands of phrases and idioms help distinguish vocabulary for language learners. Special sections include A Handbook of Style, An Essay on the English Language, and Signs and Symbols.

The CD-ROM offers dozens of powerful search options and is easily downloaded to your computer’s hard drive. The online component, a one-year subscription to the new Collegiate Web site, includes not only the full, searchable text of the Collegiate Dictionary with audio pronunciations, but also provides access to online versions of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Encyclopedia, and Merriam-Webster’s Spanish/English Dictionary.

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary	Customer Rating:
Delivery was excellent and on time. Only problem I have is that days after I purchased this 11th Edition, the 12th Editon comes out. Still a great book and worth the price.

Indexing	Customer Rating:
The dictionary is a good one as usual. The index tabs are not exactly where they should be. Maybe they can not fix it because of limited space. Maybe Amazon can ask them.

Dictionary	Customer Rating:
We needed this for our 7th grader's reading class. It had to be this name brand and we decided to use the online option to buy it since it is cheaper than the stores were in our area.

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Nobody puts out a better dictionary than Merriam-Webster. The Collegiate is my pick because one of my hobbies is the Over-50 Spelling Bee, and this dictionary is the reference source for that competition. The Elementary edition is what I use in my classroom. The Unabridged is what I subscribe to on the Web. I wouldn't buy any other company's dictionary because this book and its publisher can trace their roots back to the original Noah Webster who first recognized the uniqueness of American English.

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This a great resource for students( or anyone else, but students will get the most out of it). My mom had the 8th version or so in about 1995. The CD is great to quickly look up words and you can incorporate it into word processing programs like microsoft word.