The Collins English Dictionary has named “lockdown” its word of the year. “Our lexicographers chose ‘lockdown’ as Word of the Year because it is a unifying experience for billions of people across the ...

British Council Singapore and Grey Group Singapore have introduced the Visual Dictionary to help non-native English speakers improve their English language skills.The idea behind the Visual Dictionary ...

What's in a name? An awful lot, according to a group of British researchers who have analyzed the origins of more than 45,000 surnames. The six-year project is the most comprehensive study of names ...

This year's pick from Oxford University Press comes after 'Brain Rot' was named last year's word of the year - about the ...

It promises to be a who’s who of those who amassed fortunes through one of the darkest chapters in human history. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access ...

It began with friends from London who spend the winter in Central Florida and the Royal Mail that dutifully forwarded The Sunday Times to them. When they were finished, they passed the paper along to ...

THE illustrations form a noteworthy characteristic of this dictionary; for, as the title-page states, there are coloured plates, monotones, duograph charts and maps. The dictionary proper is preceded ...

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A British dictionary publisher has named “fake news” as its “word of the year” in honor of President Trump’s frequently-used words to attack the media. “The Word of the Year campaign is a chance to ...

Players will welcome the addition of potentially high-scoring words such as "qapik" Scrabble players will now be able to use words such as "OK" and "ew" after US dictionary company Merriam-Webster ...