Merriam-Webster has just unveiled its word of the year for 2024. On Monday (December 9), the publisher known for its American Dictionary announced that “polarization” was the word of the year.

Merriam-Webster is using voice search within its iPhone dictionary application that lets users look up any word by simply speaking into their device. Users can search for words without having to spell ...

Merriam-Webster chooses each word of the year based on lookup data—how often a word was searched in its online dictionary. Last year, the winning word was “authentic,” while “gaslighting ...

US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has acquired a hit Wordle-style game. The original Wordle, created by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle, challenges players to find a five-letter word in ...

Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, told us what criteria a word needs to meet in order to be added to the dictionary.

In Merriam-Webster’s tenth edition, the dictionary defines the noun female ... given their nod to “gender identity” in defining the word “female,” it is most likely another way to ...

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 ...

the organisation relies exclusively on the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary for its word lists. The alternate spelling “womyn” is included because it is recognised by Merriam-Webster as a ...