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Macquarie Dictionary

Macquarie Dictionary 2

7th Edition

by Macquarie Dictionary
Hardback
Publication Date: 28/02/2017
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Since the Macquarie Dictionary was first published in 1981, its reputation as Australia's national dictionary has gone from strength to strength.

It is now nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. A comprehensive and up-to-date account of our variety of English, it not only includes all those words and senses peculiar to Australian English, but also those common to the whole English-speaking world.

The Seventh Edition features:

  • a comprehensive record of English as it is used in Australia, with evidence from corpus data, including Macquarie's own corpus of Australian English, Ozcorp 
  • thousands of new words and senses, such as grandcare, rumbler alarm, fitspiration, modest wear, cool burn, freecycle, grolar bear, digital tattoo, listicle, captain's call, robopoll, vamping, spiraliser and slackpacking
  • illustrative phrases, many from Australian literature, which clearly show how a word is used in context 
  • words and phrases from regional Australia, such as boondie, prickly jack, bungarra, dragon's teeth and goose club
  • words, both formal and informal, that date back to the Australian military experience of WW1, such as gezumpher, bullring and green envelope 
  • extensive usage notes 
  • etymologies of words and phrases 
  • foreword by Kate Grenville, international award-winning Australian author
"It is not just the meaning of a word but the feel of a word that counts. The end result when we wish to compile a list of these particular words is a dictionary that characterises us as a community." Kate Grenville, international award-winning Australian author
ISBN:
9781742619811
9781742619811
Category:
Dictionaries
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
28-02-2017
Publisher:
MacQuarie Library Pty.Ltd
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
1792
Dimensions (mm):
318x228x97mm
Weight:
4.56kg
Macquarie Dictionary

The Macquarie Dictionary was first published in print in 1981 and has been online since 2003.

It contains the complete record of English as it is used in Australia, and is nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English.

The Macquarie Dictionary Australia's national dictionary.

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I love the fact that this is now 2 volumes instead of the hefty one designed for weightlifters. It is really disappointing that the personal and geographical names have been taken out. This encyclopedic feature was really interesting for newcomers to our country. The price was good.
Irene

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No longer are there entries about people or geographical names. It used to be a very good feature. Not happy about that. Luckily I still have my old edition.

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