According to Merriam-Webster, for something to be considered a word it must: By that definition, here are the 3 longest words in the English dictionary. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from ...

Merriam-Webster had already announced ... s use of the term will lead to its wider adoption in American English,” said the dictionary publisher. Lookups of the verb “pander”—which means ...

Merriam-Webster has just unveiled its word ... Last week, the Oxford University Press — the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary — announced its 2024 word of the year was “brain ...

US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has acquired a hit Wordle ... they had to guess was "fetus" (spelled "foetus" in British English), before the papers switched the solution, saying they ...

9 (UPI) --Merriam-Webster named "polarization" its 2024 Word of the Year on Monday, citing its prominence in describing the political landscape of the 2024 presidential election. The dictionary ...

Merriam-Webster has named "they" its word of the year. The US dictionary also recently added ... study and commentary in recent years. "English famously lacks a gender-neutral singular pronoun ...

“The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the truth about words,” the Merriam-Webster editor continued. “We’ve had dictionaries of English for 420 years and it’s only been in the last ...