Webster's New World Dictionary

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Published1951
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, HarperCollins
Media typeDictionary

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language is an American dictionary published first in 1951 and since 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers.[1]

Overview

The first edition was published by the

Cleveland, Ohio, in two volumes or one large volume, including a large encyclopedic section. In 1953, World published a one-volume college edition (Webster's New World College Dictionary), without the encyclopedic material. It was edited by Joseph H. Friend and David B. Guralnik[2][3][4]
and contained 142,000 entries, said to be the largest American desk dictionary available at the time.

The second college edition, edited by Guralnik, was published in 1970. World Publishing was acquired by

John Wiley & Sons in 1999, containing 160,000 entries; a fifth, edited by Andrew N. Sparks et al. and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2014, contains around 165,000.[5]

One of the salient features of Webster's New World dictionaries has been its unusually full etymology, that is, the origin and development of words and the relationship of words to other Indo-European languages. The work also labels words which have a distinctly American origin.

The college edition is the official desk dictionary of The New York Times,[6] The Wall Street Journal,[7] The Washington Post,[8] and United Press International.[9] It was the primary dictionary of the AP Stylebook from 1977[10][11] until 2024, when it reverted to Merriam-Webster.[12][13]

Publisher

Although the title refers to Noah Webster, the work is unrelated to the series of Webster's dictionaries published by the Merriam-Webster Company, which indeed are descended directly from Noah Webster's original publications. By contrast, Webster's New World Dictionary merely cites Webster as a generic name for any American English dictionary, as does Random House's line of Webster's Unabridged and derived dictionaries.

Webster's New World student and children's editions are produced for younger readers.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Editors of Webster's New World College Dictionaries". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on June 9, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Gottlieb, Mark. "David B. Guralnik, Lexicographer, 1921–2000". Cleveland Arts Prize. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  3. ^ Cushman, John H. Jr. "David Guralnik, Lexicographer, Dies at 79". New York Times. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  4. LCCN 53005527
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  5. ^ McIntyre, Michael K. (October 17, 2014). "With publication of Webster's 'College 5' dictionary, the book that defined Cleveland editors' work is closed". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  6. ISBN 9781101903223. Archived
    from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  7. ISBN 9781439122693. Archived
    from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  8. ISBN 9780070684140. Archived
    from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  9. ISBN 9781931868587. Archived
    from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  10. ISBN 9780917360015. Archived
    from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  11. ISBN 9780465093380. Archived
    from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  12. ^ Meir, Nicole (April 5, 2024). "A new primary dictionary for the AP Stylebook". Associated Press.
  13. ^ Winkler, G. P., ed. (1970). "Spelling 6.1". The Associated Press Stylebook (Revised ed.). New York: Associated Press. p. 20.

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