That was how I got a free Merriam-Webster dictionary for defining words in read mode.

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He frets about the guides who say the statue of Daniel Webster in Central Park represents the guy behind the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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If you type in its old URL, Word.com, it will now take you to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.

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Given my close working relationship with risk, I decided to check out its official meaning in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.

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Merriam-Webster put a free dictionary online starting in 1996 and migrated to a freemium model over time.

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Compare these two entries for dragonfly: "Any of a suborder of odonate insects that are larger and stouter than damselflies, " begins Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

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The Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has no record of such a word.

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