Third New International Dictionary of the English Language

Customer Reviews

Great offer but did not arrive n time!

2008-05-11
The CD rom did not arrive on time as promised for using it as a reference for spelling bee. The promised 3 - 5 days became 7 days.

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2008-05-05
I already knew the product. Just expect to receive it soon since the delivery is delayed according to your notice.

Advanced Search feature

2007-12-01
I purchased Wesbster's New Int'l Dictionary on software only for using the advanced search feature. I was disappointed. I expected a better performace.

The best purchase I've made in awhile...

2007-11-06
What a great resource for anyone to have... from kids to grandparents. I can't imagine any word that's not in this mammoth of a book. Aside from all the wonderful information it also looks very classy. No regrets here!

DO NOT BUY THIS DICTIONARY

2007-08-15
SINE I BOUGHT THIS IN APRIL, 2007, IT HAS MALFUNCTIONED: TRYING TO GO ONLINE LOCKS UP THE PROGRAM WHICH HAS TO BE SHUT DOWN BY CTRL-ALT-DELETE.
IT PRINTS PHONETIC SYMBOLS RIDICULOUSLY. IT WILL NOT PRINT BUT GIVES ERROR MESSAGES INSTEAD. I SPENT TWO DAYS ON THE PHONE WITH THEIR "TECHNICIAN" WHO SOLVED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THEY AGREED TO A REFUND WHEN I SENT THEM BACK THE PRODUCT WHICH I DID IN EARLY JUNE, WITH A RECEIPT PROOF FROM THE USPS. AS OF 08-15-07, I HAVE RECEIVED NO REFUND AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE COURTESY TO ANSWER MY EMAILS.

A fascinating read!

2007-06-26
Unabridged International Dictionary features more than 476,000 entries, including an updated and expanded Addenda Section of new words and meanings. Also includes a free one-year subscription to the new Merriam-Webster Unabridged Web site. Hardcover dictionary contains 2,783 pages. 081413002010 8141300201 MER01 MER-01 MER1 MER-1

Dictionary review

2007-06-26
I bought this unabridged dictionary for my grandson who is going into high school. I knew about the product before I purchased it on Amazon. Amazon's price was the best, service great as usual, and delivery arrived when they said it would.

The whole transaction gets 5 starts *****!

Webster Dictionary

2007-05-09
I have had the second edition of Webster's International Dictionary for some 45 years and thought it was time to update to the relative new third edition. The new edition is a little smaller and lighter mainly due to the type of paper. Also there are mores entries in it. A great buy for all the wordsmiths out there.

Having a Webster's Dictionary Easily Accessible

2007-05-06
I had been using the online Webster's but I found the listings incomplete and it was a bit of a nuisance to have to go online to get a listing. It is nice having the dictionary resident in my various computers. On the down side, I guess I expected to see more visuals, more graphics, more bells and whistles with every entry but perhaps it is the words I am requesting that are not conducive to such listings. I doubt if I would have purchased it without getting it back from my university professional fund since it is a bit pricey at roughly $50.

Don't be too literal-minded: Reason for THIS dictionary is a great one, but is not to be found by doing accounting

2007-03-30
This is the ONLY dictionary that has satisfied me. Don't get literal-minded here. Word counts sell dictionaries to the overly-literal-minded American. More words --> better dictionary? Not really. In case after case after case even other biggish Websters (big because they ramped up word count) seem to never capture the IDEA of the word. In fact, the dictionaries almost admit it in their preferatory material (a dictionary is about definition, not connotation). If you have NO idea what a word means, MAYBE the definition will help. What all the other dictionaries FAIL to do is answer this: "you know, I wonder why I picked that word?" This big Webster's Third New International is GUARANTEED TO TELL YOU WHY YOU INSTINCTIVELY PICKED THAT WORD THAT YOU DID. (Obviously I am adressing a native English speaker in this review; non-native speakers: if the weight of this book is not unweildly for you, sure you should get it too.) Today's example: revelatory. I said MathCAD (math software) is motivated by its revelatory aspect. In an Excel spreadsheet all your crazy numbers and formulas can be any kind of stuff -- and noone would be the wiser, but in MathCAD all your computations are made manifest and explicitly disclosed. But the examples are numerous. Just time after time after time I find all other dictionaries dissappointing. It's like I want to add to the entry -- "see one uses this word to make a distinction or in these sorts of uses; if you want to emphasize THAT notion instead, this is not the word, THIS is the word." This big Websters International Unabridged has all that stuff that I would add to the entry already there.