Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [0]
CONTENTS
→ Dictionary Entries A-Z
→ Making This Dictionary Your Primary Kindle Dictionary
→ Preface / Using the Dictionary
→ Abbreviations Used in This Work
→ Pronunciation Symbols
→ Basic English Grammar
→ Copyright
Making This Dictionary Your Primary Kindle Dictionary
To use this dictionary to look up words while reading on your Amazon Kindle, you need to change the default setting. You can do this by taking the following steps:
Press the HOME key.
Press MENU, then select “Settings”.
Press MENU again, then select “Change Primary Dictionary”.
Select “Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus” from the list.
When you are reading an ebook and move the cursor in front of a word you want to look up, your Kindle will then be able to look it up in Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus.
The above instructions are accurate as of the time of publication. Please see the documentation for your Kindle model if the above steps do not work.
Note on Order of Entries in Kindle's Search Dictionary Box: When looking up a word by typing in the Kindle's "Search dictionary" box, the list of words that appears is alphabetized somewhat differently than the dictionary itself. For example, entries beginning with an Arabic numeral are grouped together prior to the letter A; if you type the number "1", you will be able to browse this group of entries.
Preface
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus marks the introduction of a new kind of product from Merriam-Webster, one that combines the features of a dictionary, with its meanings, pronunciations, and grammatical information, with the synonym and antonym features of a thesaurus. Additionally, in this volume, these features are not just combined but integrated into a unified whole, so that the reader and writer can easily see the relationships between the two kinds of information.
The dictionary entries themselves are based on the highly popular The Merriam-Webster Dictionary and on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. The thesaurus entries are drawn from Merriam-Webster's newest and most up-to-date thesaurus. The dictionary entries and thesaurus entries have been edited so as to ensure correspondence between the indicated dictionary senses and the selection of similar and contrasting words offered in the thesaurus lists.
The more than 57,000 boldface dictionary entries give coverage to the most frequently used words in the language, and the definitions have been based on examples of actual use found in the Merriam-Webster citation files, which now contain more than 75 million words available through electronic searching.
The thesaurus lists offer a total of more than 134,000 alternative words for the writer interested in finding a more appropriate or more colorful word choice. Thesaurus lists appear indented following their dictionary entries. Every dictionary sense that has a corresponding thesaurus list is marked with a black arrowhead, and the thesaurus list is likewise indicated.
When there are multiple dictionary senses highlighted, the thesaurus lists are marked with the appropriate dictionary sense numbers in square brackets to make it easy for the user to choose the corresponding list of synonyms.
abide verb abode or abid·ed; abid·ing 1 : to bear patiently : ENDURE
2 a : to continue in a state or place
b : to have one's abode
— abide by
: to conform or acquiesce to Synonyms [1] bear, brook, countenance, endure, meet, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, take, tolerate—more at BEAR [2a] continue, endure, hold, keep up, last, persist, run on—more at CONTINUE [2b] dwell, live, reside—more at LIVE A word in the synonym list following an italic also is still comparable to the dictionary word in the indicated sense, but has a somewhat less close relationship than words ahead of it. Semicolons separate additional words into related groups. 1cloak noun 1 : a loose outer garment 2 : something that conceals Synonyms curtain, hood,