Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition

by Macquarie Dictionary

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- free 12-month subscription to Macquarie Dictionary and Thesaurus Online