@MacDictionary

The perfect free online #English #dictionary – a one-stop reference for English speakers around the world. #MacmillanDictionary

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Joined March 2009
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Hilary Cox Condron@HilCoxCondron11 May 2020
Kindness. The Macmillan Dictionary Blog tells us KINDNESS comes from the Old English word ‘kyndnes’ meaning ‘nation’ or ‘produce, increase’. The word is further derived from the Middle English word ‘kindenes’ meaning ‘noble deeds’ or ‘courtesy’.
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Strangely reassuring + well done for doing this so well, Graham! “At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning (via Donka Minkova & Rhona Alcorn)
Graham Burton@grahburton16 Apr 2020
Nice to see, in the midst of all 'this', my Key Concept article on grammar appear in the ELT journal. academic.oup.com/eltj/articl… @RichardSmithELT

Grammar

Most English language teachers are probably comfortable using the word ‘grammar’. There is an established grammatical tradition within ELT, and terms such

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ALCE Idiomas@ALCE_Idiomas24 Mar 2020
Macmillan Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus Really useful and helpful macmillandictionary.com/
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Small comforts. Pleased to be the first to get this expression into the @MacDictionary , a full two months before the first #Covid_19 case was detected. (Actually it was the Aimee Mann song of the same name that inspired me.)
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CIEP Official@The_CIEP29 Jan 2020
Replying to @MacDictionary
@MacDictionary explores new -ize verbs and words that always take -ise endings in this blog by Stan Carey. macmillandictionaryblog.com/…
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Klinsman Hinjaya@KlinsmanHinjaya30 Jan 2020
I am gleefully flabbergasted by this new look of @MacDictionary! So elegant and pleasing to the eye! Bravo! 😊
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smith20@SUS_4889530 Jan 2020
ways of emphasizing how bad something is - synonyms and related words | Macmillan Dictionary #lifesomeweeks macmillandictionary.com/thes…
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Klinsman Hinjaya@KlinsmanHinjaya28 Jan 2020
Clock and watch parts ⏰🕰⌚ via @MacDictionary macmillandictionary.com/us/t…
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Tom Nuttall@tom_nuttall24 Jan 2020
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LK Translations@thelkteam22 Jan 2020
Some interesting linguistic musings on how we turn nouns into verbs: Verb all the things: buff.ly/2Gd0n5R via @StanCarey - and you can take the @MacDictionary quiz here: buff.ly/37i47z3
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CIEP Official@The_CIEP22 Jan 2020
TL;DR: Abbreviations FTW. @MacDictionary waxes minimal on the usefulness of acronyms and initialisms. macmillandictionaryblog.com/…
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nocebo@pxmod21 Jan 2020
memory like a sieve but hopefully twitter will keep it for me macmillandictionary.com/thes…
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LΔURΔ @LauraSomfai20 Jan 2020
Commas are so tiny yet so important in writing, and one type of #comma that doesn't get a lot of attention is the vocative comma. Great piece from @StanCarey via @MacDictionary. #English #grammar macmillandictionaryblog.com/…
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Macmillan Education@MacmillanSpain20 Jan 2020
According to #MacmillanDictionary a proverb is “a short well-known statement that gives practical advice about life”. Here is some #MondayMotivation with this inspiring Chinese Proverb. Follow @MacDictionary for more definitions. #MacmillanEducation #ELT #Teaching #Education
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Charlotte Faucher@Cha_Faucher19 Jan 2020
Replying to @DrJamesConnolly
I was so confused reading this tweet so I went straight to macmillandictionary.com/dict… and have now made it my mission to use this phrase next week!
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Macmillan ELT@MacmillanELT15 Jan 2020
Remember, we're on YouTube too! Check out the Macmillan Education ELT channel for teaching tips, webinar recordings & great content on grammar & vocabulary, and much more! Subscribe now youtube.com/c/Macmillanengli… and be the first to know when new videos are made available.
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Distinguished Linguist@DistLinguist13 Jan 2020
It's optional, folks.
Macmillan Dictionary@MacDictionary6 Jan 2020
Happy New Year, everyone! And hello, vocative comma. A new post by @StanCarey looks at this (sometimes optional) punctuation: macmillandictionaryblog.com/…
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Distinguished Linguist@DistLinguist9 Jan 2020
Nice. I got "Trend Maestro" on "Trending Words of 2019" (90%). What about you? macmillandictionary.com/lear… via @MacDictionary
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💀 Sabrina Hayle 👻@canadiansabs9 Jan 2020
Considering I don't stay current, not too shabby. I got "Trend Tracker" on "Trending Words of 2019". What about you? macmillandictionary.com/lear… via @MacDictionary
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M E B 👓 💙@mrsmosieposie7 Jan 2020
I got "Trend Maestro" on "Trending Words of 2019". What about you? macmillandictionary.com/lear… via @MacDictionary
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