Mobile phones have become really convenient for downloading data, finding out geographical information, and looking up how to spell or translate a word. Most phones don't come equipped with a ...

LONDON - Manspreading is so widespread it's now a word. The term, coined by commuters, refers to men on public transport who splay their legs wide apart and encroach on neighboring seats. It's now ...

CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--‘Homer’ is Word of the Year, according to the world’s most popular online dictionary for learners of English. The winning word from Cambridge Dictionary was ...

Noah Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806. His 1828 follow-up contained 70,000 entries. By 1864, the collection had 114,000 ...

Alar, as it is called, is said to be the largest open source dictionary in the world. Compiled by V Krishna, it is free and available online ...

Merriam-Webster took the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries. New words include ...

In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries launched a new digital global languages program, with a mission to extend learning and education worldwide. The company launched its first online Swahili dictionary by the ...

Dictionary.com, which boasts 70 million monthly users, on Tuesday announced its biggest ever revision, with more than 15,000 words updated, many to reflect the social upheaval and racial unrest of ...

A dictionary is a list of words or phrases and their definitions (what they mean). Dictionaries are arranged in alphabetical order. They help you to spell or understand any new words, so are a ...