An abridged dictionary How to tell the real meaning of words you don't know. By Dale Roberts. July 13, 2007, 12:00 a.m ... Fortunately, I don't need to rely on a dictionary.

Choosing the right dictionary can be as bewildering as choosing the right computer. Dictionaries today offer about as many features, which may not always be useful to you, such as biographical or g… ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The most requested online definition this year was "blog" – a word not even yet officially in the dictionary, Merriam-Webster says. Editors had planned to include "blog ...

From the Marathon attack to the Obamacare Web debacle, the year’s events left their mark on our language.

It typically takes 20 years of use for a word to become prominent enough to merit a place in an abridged dictionary, such as the Collegiate, he said.