

Merriam-Webster's Essential Learners English Dictionary Mass Market - Fiction
• An all-new affordable dictionary designed to help students learn spoken and written English as it is actually used
• More than 54,000 words and phrases
• Coverage of both U.S
• and British English and their differences
• More than 15,000 idioms, collocations and commonly used phrases from American and British English
• Clarifies definitions with over 74,000 example sentences and phrases
• Usage guidance through extensive labeling (old fashioned, technical, informal, humorous, etc.)glosses (restatements to explain phrases); count and non-count labeling; usage notes; and usage paragraphs.Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, is an American company that publishes reference books, especially dictionaries.
• In 1831, George and Charles Merriam founded the company as G & C Merriam Co in Springfield, Massachusetts
• In 1843, after Noah Webster died, the company bought the rights to An American Dictionary of the English Language from Webster's estate
• All Merriam-Webster dictionaries trace their lineage to this source.