Books with author Merriam-Webster

This newly revised edition, 2019 copyright, is the perfect dictionary for students in grades 3-5, ages 8-11. And can help with homeschooling and remote learning. With 36,000 entries the dictionary covers the core vocabulary an elementary student will encounter in their reading and writing. It offers many new words and senses from technology and life science, such as alternative energy, friend, and STEM It can be used in Texas STAAR testing classrooms. It gives students 250 word history paragraphs so they can learn the stories behind the creation of words like: mustang, hurricane, exult, daisy, clue, asparagus, sandwich, pajamas, pioneer, quicksilver, sideburns, weird, welcome, werewolf and hundreds more. 120 synonym paragraphs and 900 colorful illustrations, photographs, and diagrams will fascinate young readers and help improve their understanding of concepts. Greek and Latin word root paragraphs help build vocabulary and improve spelling skills. Some of the word roots students will learn are: anim, cap, dict, locu, flu, vor, lev, pon, scrib, struct, and dozens more. Includes A Guide for Writers to help students learn when to best use things like a comma, colon, apostrophe, dash, exclamation point, hyphen semicolon and much more. Provides a list of important Geographical Names and a map of the USA and one of the World. Offers 1,300 quotes from classic and contemporary children's literature to help link vocabulary to what students are reading. Here are some of the books quoted: Alice's Adventure in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

With its new 2020 copyright update, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition, jacketed hardcover, indexed, offers a deep understanding of many new words, including: bestie, binge-watch, bot, commenter, clickbait, emoji, Bitcoin, listicle, hack, takeaway, snark, immersive, troll, woke, ransomware and truther. This updated college-level dictionary defines the current, active vocabulary of American English. It gives you 225,000 definitions and 42,000 usage examples. Special sections include A Handbook of Style, Foreign Words and Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names. The book also includes an electronic version of the dictionary and a free one-year online subscription. All updated for 2020!

New Edition! 2020 Copyright! A colorful, engaging world atlas for students in grades 5-8. Updated to reflect recent global events. It can be a wonderful tool to help with homeschooling and remote learning. Abundant full-color maps, photographs, and easy-to-use charts and graphs. Features up-to-date statistics and global information. Thematic maps cover diverse topics such as continental drift, ocean floor, climate, natural resources, and population density. Special Map Skills section introduces key geographical concepts. Ideal for home or classroom.

This 2014 revised and updated edition is ideal for English and Spanish speakers, this bidirectional dictionary defines the core vocabularies of Latin-American Spanish and American English. Abbreviated description text: This value-priced Spanish-English, with over 50,000 translations is the best bilingual reference for students. Features of this Book Over 40,000 entries and 50,000 translations Spanish-to-English and English-to-Spanish sections Conjugation of Spanish Verbs Irregular English Verbs Value-priced or budget-conscious parents and teachers

This new edition, 2019 copyright, gives you the core vocabulary of everyday life in a trade paperback size. It provides 75,000 entries and new words from a variety of fields. New words include: gender identity, retweet, and troll. This dictionary can be a wonderful tool for homeschoolers and remote learners and can be used in Texas STAAR testing classrooms. The dictionary includes pronunciations, word origins, synonym lists, and 8,000 usage examples to aid understanding. It offers ESL features such as Irregular English Verbs, English Word Roots, and Confused and Misused Words. Expanded special features include A Handbook of Style, Basic English Grammar, and An Overview of the Internet.

Our Best-Selling Dictionary for Students! This updated and expanded dictionary was created for students in grades 3-6. An age-appropriate word list and kid-friendly definitions make it a favorite of teachers, students and parents. Features of this Book 37,000 definitions of words kids use every day Definitions written in clear, easy to understand language This North American edition has Canadian words and spellings

This compact guide covers essential Spanish and English vocabulary. Nearly 45,000 entries include English pronunciations given in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The book is Bidirectional: English to Spanish and Spanish to English. It includes sections on the conjugation of Spanish verbs, both regular and irregular, irregular English verbs, and Spanish and English numbers.

Master the subtleties of language with the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms. This useful reference goes beyond a thesaurus, explaining the fine shades of meaning that differentiate synonyms. Alphabetical arrangement of terms makes words easy to find. This book gives clear explanations of the distinctions between synonyms. It also includes example phrases and a list of antonyms at most entries.

This new 4th edition of this best-welling crossword puzzle dictionary is an essential guide for anyone who enjoys the game. This new edition features more than 340,000 clues and answer words with over 20,000 new words. Organized alphabetically, by number of letters, and by common categories. New answer and clue words include freegan, goji, pho, and tweep. The book also offers comprehensive coverage of "crosswordese"--the words, people, and place-names most encountered by puzzlers.

This mass-market paperback thesaurus offers more than 150,000 synonyms, related words, idiomatic phrases, near antonyms, and antonyms. Words are alphabetically organized for ease of use. Each word comes with a brief definition to describe shared meanings. Abundant usage examples are given to help with understanding. This thesaurus is a great complement to mass-market paperback The Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Get two essential language references integrated into one handy mass-market size paperback volume. This national best seller offers 60,000 alphabetical dictionary entries and 13,500 thesaurus entries including extensive synonym lists and antonym lists. 500 new thesaurus entries have been added to cover new vocabulary. Clear and concise word guidance includes abundant example phrases. Based on the best-selling Merriam-Websterâ TMs Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition