If you’ve ever had to look up the definition of a word you were unsure of, you’re not alone: The map below shows the most ...

This is your Dictionary.com search box and it is the first way you can use the extension. Simply type the word you don’t know into the box and your definition will appear, as if by magic.

Connections is a daily word-sorting puzzle game that pits you against sixteen seemingly random words. But they aren't random, and you need to put them into mystery categories before you run out of ...

Merriam-Webster dictionary changed its definition of “sexual preference” to include the word “offensive” as Democrats slammed Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett for using the ...

Oxford University Press has changed the definition of the word "woman" in its dictionaries after an online petition called on them to remove "sexist" language. Oxford lexicographers examined ...

Merriam-Webster has added 200 new words and definitions to its dictionary. The new additions are added based on widespread use over time, and offer a window into the world today, according to ...

“The word ‘grocery,’ it’s a sort of simple word. But it sort of means, like, everything you eat. The stomach is speaking, it always does. And I have more complaints about that ― bacon, ...

Word: corporate. Definition: (adjective) of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations. Debate Usage: The word “corporate” was used six times at the debate, helping drive a 466% ...

Can you define "everyday sexism?" After Michael Oman-Reagan, an anthropologist and Ph.D. candidate, tweeted the Oxford University Press that their dictionary included sexist language in some of ...

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary followed suit in 2003, using harsher language to describe a McJob as “low-paying and dead-end work.” In both cases, McDonald’s was not amused.