Description - Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition by Macquarie Dictionary
The Macquarie Dictionary is nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. An up-to-date account of our variety of English, it not only includes words and senses peculiar to Australian English, but also those common to the whole English-speaking world.
The Ninth Edition features:
- a comprehensive record of English as it is used in Australia today
- inclusion of the latest new words, such as bossware, coercive control, infodemic, long COVID, neopronoun, Omicron, prebunking, pyrocumulonimbus, range anxiety, Teal, truth-telling
- updated entries to reflect changing perspectives relating to the environment, society, politics, technology and the internet
- illustrative phrases showing how a word is used in context
- vocabulary and usages from regional Australia
- etymologies of words and phrases
- extensive usage notes
- foreword by Markus Zusak, international bestselling author
- free 12-month subscription to Macquarie Dictionary and Thesaurus Online (www.macquariedictionary.com.au)
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