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Macmillan 175: Women Writers’ Words quiz

2 weeks ago

This month sees the 200th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Macmillan, one of two Scottish...

1 month ago

The death this week of the writer and presenter Denis Norden brought many tributes to the wit and...

1 month ago

In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language...

2 months ago

Our recent update added nearly 200 entries for countries to the dictionary. These entries are...

3 months ago

Macmillan, the publishing company behind Macmillan Dictionary, this year celebrates its 175th...

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6 months ago

Welcome to our new series of language tips. In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from...

7 months ago

We asked you, our readers, what topics you would like to see covered in a quiz and you said:...

9 months ago

People sometimes complain about nouns becoming verbs or verbs being used as nouns, even though this...

10 months ago

While the Macmillan Dictionary team take a well-deserved break over Christmas and the New Year, we...

10 months ago

While the Macmillan Dictionary team take a well-deserved break over Christmas and the New Year, we...