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 ...

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 ...

We collected 15 challenging words that appeared in The Times. Let’s see how many you can spell correctly. Here is your chance to compete in a spelling competition — much like the middle school ...

Even if you’re not a full-blown grammar nerd, you’ll find the origins of these words that changed meaning over time completely fascinating The English language is alive—and like any living thing, it ...

Have you ever read a children's book where the main character is… the book? Dictionary has noticed that even though her pages contain all the words that exist, she doesn't really tell a story like all ...

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 ...

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