Merriam-Webster had already announced in October ... of the term will lead to its wider adoption in American English,” said the dictionary publisher. Lookups of the verb “pander”—which ...

According to Merriam-Webster, for something to be considered a word it must: By that definition, here are the 3 longest words in the English dictionary. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from ...

Merriam-Webster chooses each word of the year based ... according to the Oxford English Dictionary. In the centuries that followed, “polarization” took on new meanings. It’s sometimes ...

Merriam-Webster has named "they" its word of the year. The US dictionary also recently added ... study and commentary in recent years. "English famously lacks a gender-neutral singular pronoun ...

US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has acquired a hit Wordle-style ... had to guess was "fetus" (spelled "foetus" in British English), before the papers switched the solution, saying they ...

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That said, it’s not part of standard English ... for Merriam-Webster and author of "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries," told us that "irregardless" is a word in the dictionary ...

9 (UPI) --Merriam-Webster named "polarization" its 2024 Word of the Year on Monday, citing its prominence in describing the political landscape of the 2024 presidential election. The dictionary ...

“The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the truth about words,” the Merriam-Webster editor continued. “We’ve had dictionaries of English for 420 years and it’s only been in the last ...

Sharp divides have seemed to define America lately—and Merriam-Webster just made it official. The famous American dictionary publisher on Monday announced that “polarization”—defined as ...

“The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the truth about words,” the Merriam-Webster editor continued. “We’ve had dictionaries of English for 420 years and it’s only been in the last ...