This edition of the Macquarie Compact Dictionary is based on the Macquarie Dictionary Seventh Edition. It provides an up-to-date and essential reference for the most common words and phrases used in Australian English.The Macquarie Compact Dictionary includes:· more than 53,000 words and phrases· more than 85,000 definitions· up-to-date entries such as agender, bariatrics, dox, freecycle, listicle, normcore, vamping· idiomatic phrases· etymologies· illustrative phrases showing how a word is used in context· pronunciations in the International Phonetic AlphabetEach copy also includes a free six-month subscription to the Macquarie Dictionary Online -- Australia's National Dictionary.
The Macquarie Dictionary was first published in print in 1981 and has been online since 2003. It contains the complete record of English as it is used in Australia, and is nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English.The Macquarie Dictionary -- Australia's national dictionary.
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