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The Macquarie Dictionary was first published in print in 1981 and has been online since 2003. Its reputation has gone from strength to strength and it is now nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference in Australian English. It is the complete record of English as it is used in Australia, from the colorfully colloquial to the highly technical.
Macquarie Dictionary Blog
1M ago
Welcome to the new Macquarie Dictionary Online. We have paired a gorgeous new design with improved functionality as part of our first major refresh in a decade. Read on to learn how to access your subscription and set up shared logins (for business subscription only ..read more
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The English language has the great capacity to create new words and new meanings from existing words. One of the more common ways we form ..read more
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Welcome to the inaugural new words blog of 2023! Have you heard of leet (or leetspeak)? It’s a form of communication used online, invented by the ..read more
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1M ago
Are you a business who wants to build an in-house spellchecker or a researcher interested in Australian English? Click here to learn more about licensing ..read more
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If you haven’t submitted a new word you’ve heard to us at Macquarie Dictionary, now is your chance to do so. Not only could you ..read more
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1M ago
We always encourage new word submissions from you, and you can submit any word you hear, that’s not already in the Macquarie Dictionary here. We’ll ..read more
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We’ve had quite a lot of discussion about our last list of potential words. All our words we put up are under consideration, be they submitted ..read more
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Almost exactly 42 years after its first edition, this September sees the publication of the ninth edition of the ..read more
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1M ago
Australian Word Map is a small treasure on offer at the Macquarie Dictionary website. It was set up by the ABC and Macquarie Dictionary as an interactive site to collect and record words and expressions from all over Australia. Thousands of people contributed ..read more
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11M ago
Almost exactly 42 years after its first edition, this September sees the publication of the ninth edition of the ..read more