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America’s largest, most comprehensive dictionary is reinvented for today’s librarian, teacher, and student. With up-to-date information, definitions, usage notes, a modern layout, and other exciting features, Merriam-Webster Unabridged is the most authoritative source of information on the English language.
Extensive and trustworthy entries include more than 700,000 definitions, 502,000 words, 158,500 etymologies and 123,500 quotations from well-known writers.
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