Merriam-Webster's Intermediate Dictionary

by Anonymous

This hardcover dictionary focuses on the needs of students in grades 6-8, ages 11-14, and provides advanced dictionary features to help them read, write and speak more effectively. It is a wonderful tool to help with homeschooling and remote learning. Can be used in Texas STAAR testing classrooms. Revised and updated in 2016 with 200 newly added words across a variety of fields including technology, social media, science, health and popular culture. New words blog, cloud computing, copernicium, derecho, fair trade, fracking, geocaching, hashtag, hot spot, mash-up, microblogging, selfie, social media, STEM, tablet and tweet. Includes nearly 70,000 entries. 22,000 usage examples help clarify and expand understanding. Also includes 1,000 illustrations, abundant word history paragraphs and synonym paragraphs. A section on Biographical Names and Geographical Names is offered. A Handbook of Style gives direction on the proper use of punctuation including how and when to use the apostrophe, colon, comma, dash, Ellipsis, exclamation point, hyphen, semicolon and more.

Genres: Reference, Dictionaries

1008 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Tahira Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the intent and purpose of it's design is well done, this is limited in scope. I'd only recommend it for students in late elementary or early middle school. From grade 7+, students need access to all words available with full definitions. This dictionary, though thorough, doesn't contain enough entries for building a rich vocabulary. My students have enjoyed the definitions, but have often returned to "college" dictionaries to find words. This resource would only serve its purpose for 1 or 2 years of study, then would end up holding students back from deep language use.

[fayre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Blood and Gold by Eriador117

Snape x Harry

Harry is pregnant
Depression curse
They have marriage problems
Ginny is Voldemort
Son - Galen
11 kids

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

My mother actually gave this to me when I was a freshman in high school, and it is quite a handy book. I don't know why Goodreads says this is 18 pages long, because it's not; my book has exactly 943 pages.

[LeeAnn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this dictionary, but I like dictionaries! Here's a lengthy review for this one at http://3forschool.blogspot.com/2009/0....