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  2. Webster's Third New International Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (commonly known as Webster's Third, or W3) is an American English-language dictionary published in September 1961. It was edited by Philip Babcock Gove and a team of lexicographers who spent 757 editor-years and $3.5 million.

  3. Webster's Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    After about a decade of preparation, G. & C. Merriam issued the entirely new Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (commonly known as Webster's Third, or W3) in September 1961. The dictionary was met with considerable criticism for its descriptive (rather than prescriptive) approach. [21]

  4. Comparison of English dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (MWD) Merriam-Webster: 1828 18th (rev., ISBN 978-0877790952) 2022 (25.10) 960 (mass-market) 75,000 American: Diacritical: New Oxford American Dictionary (NOAD) Oxford University Press: 2001 3rd (ISBN 0-19-539288-4) 2010 2,096 350,000 American: Diacritical: Oxford Dictionary of English: Oxford University Press: 1998

  5. List of largest books by page count - Wikipedia

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    A dictionary of the English language. Editors claim for there to be more than 600,000 entries. [citation needed] Webster's Third New International Dictionary: 2,816 [25] 8 x 24 x 32 (3.24 x 9.48 x 12.84) [citation needed] A dictionary of the English language. This rendition includes 476,000 entries. [citation needed] Death Note All-In-One Edition

  6. List of dictionaries by number of words - Wikipedia

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    The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition In the introduction to the 4th and 5th editions, it is mentioned that more than 10,000 words have been added, thus the total for the 5th edition will be more than 370,000 words. [25] [failed verification] Finnish: 350,000

  7. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary is a large American dictionary, first published in 1966 as The Random House Dictionary of the English Language: The Unabridged Edition. Edited by Editor-in-chief Jess Stein, it contained 315,000 entries in 2256 pages, as well as 2400 illustrations.