Merriam-Webster's Intermediate Dictionary - Middle School Dictionary - Features 70,000+ entries, usage examples, illustrations & more
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This essential resource for grades 6-8, ages 11-14 is a great study aid for students building vocabulary and engaging with more complex text as they prepare for high school. Discover the meanings of over 67,000 words and phrases. 250 newly added words and senses across a variety of fields include chatbot, cryptocurrency, escape room, greenwash, Juneteenth, metaverse, sus, yeet , and zedonk . Nearly 23,000 usage examples and more than 1,000 carefully drawn illustrations clarify and expand understanding. Abundant word history and synonym paragraphs help students build vocabulary and improve reading and writing skills. New formal and informal labels provide guidance on appropriate word choice. A new Mythological, Folkloric, Legendary, and Scriptural Names section provides students with information about figures they encounter in literature and cultural studies. A great compliment to Merriam-Webster's Intermediate Thesaurus . Review: Great Dictionary for Middle School Students - I’m really impressed with the Merriam-Webster’s Intermediate Dictionary. It has over 70,000 entries, and everything is explained in a way that’s easy for middle school students to understand. The usage examples are super helpful, and the illustrations make learning new words a lot more fun. It’s perfect for homework, reading support, writing assignments, or just building vocabulary. The book feels well-organized and durable, and the definitions are clear without being too childish. My kid finds it easy to use and actually enjoys looking up new words now! If you want a reliable dictionary that helps children grow their vocabulary and confidence, this is a great choice. Review: Dictionary - Dictionary of great help
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 167 Reviews |
A**L
Great Dictionary for Middle School Students
I’m really impressed with the Merriam-Webster’s Intermediate Dictionary. It has over 70,000 entries, and everything is explained in a way that’s easy for middle school students to understand. The usage examples are super helpful, and the illustrations make learning new words a lot more fun. It’s perfect for homework, reading support, writing assignments, or just building vocabulary. The book feels well-organized and durable, and the definitions are clear without being too childish. My kid finds it easy to use and actually enjoys looking up new words now! If you want a reliable dictionary that helps children grow their vocabulary and confidence, this is a great choice.
D**M
Dictionary
Dictionary of great help
B**Y
Merriam -Webster Intermediate Dictionary
This item was exactly as described. This hard covered dictionary has clear, well worded definitions. The definitions are in plain language with examples that make it easy to use a new word in a sentence. Especially helpful for writing essays for middle school assignments and expanding understanding for reading assignments.
A**R
Great Buy
Great for middle school daughter!
A**R
Great big book just full of words.
There are soooo many words in this book. It is also very heavy so it is handy to flatten craft projects that try to roll up on you.
S**D
Useful
Useful
O**N
Pretty good, just wish it was maybe a little higher reading level
This is a pretty good dictionary, though by the time kids can make use of it they could probably just use a normal adult dictionary. However this one does have the advantage that having fewer words makes lookup faster, and the “inappropriate” “giggle words” are removed which helps reduce distractions. Compared to the elementary school version, all the pictures and trivia callouts are removed to make more space for more plain text definitions. Entries are trimmed down a bit to remove rare, archaic, or excessively pedantic variant definitions. I think the target Lexile reading level for this book is probably a minimum of 700-800L so even if it’s “middle school” plenty of 4-5th graders would find it more useful than the elementary school dictionary. I’d recommend buying things like this at least 1 year before you think it will be needed because that way you’ll get full use out of it and it could end up being needed sooner than you think.
V**7
Great dictionary
The heavy duty cover, and the internal pages are of good quality. The print is easily viewable. My children find great use for it.
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