Macquarie dictionary
2020
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The Macquarie Dictionary Eighth Edition is nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. An up-to-date account of our variety of English, it not only includes words and senses peculiar to Australian English, but also those common to the whole English-speaking world. The Eighth Edition features: a comprehensive record of English as it is used in Australia today, more than 3500 new entries such as algorithmic bias, cancel culture, deepfake, eco-anxiety, hygge, influencer, Me Too, ngangkari, single-use, social distancing, thousands of updated entries to reflect changing perspectives relating to the environment, politics, technology and the internet, illustrative phrases showing how a word is used in context, words and phrases from regional Australia, etymologies of words and phrases, extensive usage notes, foreword by Kim Scott, multi-award-winning novelist.
Main title:
Macquarie dictionary / by chief editor: Alison Moore.
Author:
Moore, Alison, editor
Edition:
Eighth edition.
Imprint:
Sydney, New South Wales : MacQuarie Dictionary Publishers, 2020.
Collation:
2 volumes (xix, 1798 pages) ; 31 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1786-1789)
Contents:
Volume 1 A-K -- Volume 2 L-Z.
ISBN:
9781760556594
Dewey class:
423
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
382944
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Penrith | Reference | 423 MAC | A-KNot for loan (Set: 18 Aug 2020) |
| Penrith | Reference | 423 MAC | L-ZNot for loan (Set: 18 Aug 2020) |
| St Clair | Reference | 423 MAC | L-ZNot for loan (Set: 18 Aug 2020) |
| St Marys | Reference | 423 MAC | A-KNot for loan (Set: 18 Aug 2020) |
| St Marys | Reference | 423 MAC | L-ZNot for loan (Set: 18 Aug 2020) |
| St Marys | Reference | 423 MAC | A-KNot for loan (Set: 18 Aug 2020) |