1、The best usage book in this spirit is Merriam-Webster's "Dictionary of English usage".
2、Our language evolves in many ways, says John Morse, President and publisher of Merriam-Webster.
3、Merriam-Webster goes further to say that muska is a diminuitive of mus, mouse.
4、Merriam-Webster's annual Words of the Year dating to 2003, when the publisher started making the selection.
5、Merriam Webster's 2014 "Word of the Year" – the most searched term on the dictionary's website – was "culture.
6、"Surreal" is also defined as meaning "marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream", according to Merriam Webster.
7、Perhaps it's becauseeven Webster's Dictionary defines a hobby as "a pursuit outside one'sregular occupation" (Merriam-Webster Online).
8、快速浏览Merriam - Webster在线词典中虚拟化词根virtual的4个不同定义。
9、This is correct understanding: Oxford and Merriam-Webster dictionaries as well as English synonym Dictionary include 'governance' as a remote synonym to 'management'.
10、While the New Oxford American Dictionary or Merriam Webster says Satan or the Devil, the OED says that Lucifer is a word misused to mean devil.
11、Merriam Webster notes that widower is less common than widow, probably because men are less likely to be identified in terms of their spouse.
12、And I see that Merriam-Webster relates this old Greek word to another old Greek word glochin - or glochis meaning "a projecting point" which I guess fits with sticking out your tongue.
13、"W00t" was among 20 nominees in a list of the most-searched words in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary and most frequently submitted terms from users of its "open dictionary."
14、The noun, formally defined as a "firm adherence to a code" and "incorruptibility," has always been a popular one on the company's Web site, said Merriam-Webster President John Morse.
15、After Simon Cowell, the acid-tongued host of the television show "American Idol," called one singer "insipid," Merriam-Webster noticed a dramatic spike in the number of lookups for the word.
16、New words and phrases from the fields of science, technology, pop culture and industry are chosen each year by Merriam-Webster' s team of editors after months of poring over books, magazines and even food labels.
17、【马萨诸塞州斯普林菲尔德2010年12月20日讯】 出版大名鼎鼎的《韦氏词典》的美国梅里厄姆——韦伯斯特公司（Merriam-WebsterInc.）于2010年12月20日公布了2010年度十大词语。
18、“MySpace时刻”迟早会像crowdsourcing（众包）、bromance（兄弟情谊）和cougars（将年轻男子作为猎物的中老年女人）一样被收入《韦氏大学词典》（Merriam-Webster’sCollegiateDictionary）。
