Macquarie Dictionary : Australia's National DictionaryISBN: 9781876429324
Publication Date: 2001
The Macquarie Dictionary was first published in print in 1981, and has been online since 2003. Since then its reputation has gone from strength to strength, and it is now nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. The online edition gives you access to the most up-to-date database of Australian English, with annual updates of new words, along with its companion reference the Macquarie Thesaurus. The dictionary provides easy, comprehensive and interactive searching of over 138,000 headwords and phrases and over 210,000 definitions, with the ability to search either the dictionary, thesaurus or both annual updates of words, definitions and encyclopedic entries.