In 1843, the company that is now Merriam-Webster bought the rights to the 1841 copy of Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language, Corrected and Enlarged.

Context and references mean more than what the almighty dictionary says a word means. Merriam-Webster’s fun little awards touch on an important change in our culture. Since we are often living ...

Merriam-Webster has picked its word of the year. "Authentic" is the top word of 2023, according to America's oldest dictionary. Merriam-Webster said it saw a "substantial increase" in online ...

The American dictionary Merriam-Webster is to change its definition of the word racism after receiving an email from a young black woman. Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University in ...

2 Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged (Merriam-Webster, 2002). Webster’s also notes that the meaning of charity is rooted in Christian doctrine. 3 This latter provision is perhaps ...

Now, Henry, who along with an invitation to compete at the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee will receive one-year subscriptions to the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online Dictionary and a one-year ...

Please read and understand these rules prior to the day of the Bee, and ask the local official any questions you might have prior to the Bee. The Scripps National Spelling Bee has no authority ...

Notably, a typical dictionary lists approximately a half million words (according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary ... are not likely to appear even in an unabridged dictionary.” ...