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Macquarie dictionary

2023
Book

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The Macquarie Dictionary is nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. An up-to-date account of our variety of English, it not only includes words and senses peculiar to Australian English, but also those common to the whole English-speaking world. The Ninth Edition features: a comprehensive record of English as it is used in Australia today ; inclusion of the latest new words, such as bossware, coercive control, infodemic, long COVID, neopronoun, Omicron, prebunking, pyrocumulonimbus, range anxiety, Teal, truth-telling ; updated entries to reflect changing perspectives relating to the environment, society, politics, technology and the internet ; illustrative phrases showing how a word is used in context ; vocabulary and usages from regional Australia ; etymologies of words and phrases ; extensive usage notes ; foreword by Markus Zusak, international bestselling author.
Main title:
Macquarie dictionary / chief editor: Alison Moore.
Author:
Edition:
Ninth edition.
Imprint:
Sydney, NSW : Macquarie Dictionary Publishers, an imprint of Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd, 2023.©2023
Collation:
2 volumes (xix, 1819 pages) ; 31 cm
Notes:
In slip case.Includes bibliographical references (pages 1803-1809)
Contents:
[Volume 1] A-K[Volume 2] L-Z.
ISBN:
97817612677419781761267741 (hardback)
Dewey class:
423
Language:
English
BRN:
809783
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
East Melbourne Library-ReferenceREF 423 MACQ 9th ed. A-K Not for loan (Set: 29 May 2024)
East Melbourne Library-ReferenceREF 423 MACQ 9th ed.L-ZNot for loan (Set: 29 May 2024)
Kathleen Syme Carlton-ReferenceREF 423 MACQ 9th ed. A-K Not for loan (Set: 29 May 2024)
Kathleen Syme Carlton-ReferenceREF 423 MACQ 9th ed.L-ZNot for loan (Set: 29 May 2024)
Library at the Dock-ReferenceREF 423 MACQ 9th ed. A-K Not for loan (Set: 29 May 2024)
Library at the Dock-ReferenceREF 423 MACQ 9th ed.L-ZNot for loan (Set: 29 May 2024)
Southbank Library-ReferenceREF 423 MACQ 9th ed A-K Not for loan (Set: 07 Nov 2025)
Southbank Library-ReferenceREF 423 MACQ 9th edL-ZNot for loan (Set: 07 Nov 2025)
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