Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
E700964
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is a widely used American English dictionary known for its authoritative definitions, usage guidance, and up-to-date coverage of contemporary vocabulary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7864463 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary Context triple: [Britannica Academic, providesAccessTo, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary]
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A.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
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B.
New Oxford American Dictionary
The New Oxford American Dictionary is a comprehensive, authoritative dictionary of American English known for its contemporary coverage and usage guidance, published by Oxford University Press.
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C.
Oxford Dictionary of English
The Oxford Dictionary of English is a comprehensive, authoritative single-volume dictionary of contemporary English published by Oxford University Press.
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D.
Collins English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary is a major authoritative reference work on the English language, particularly influential for British English usage and spelling.
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E.
Garner's Modern English Usage
Garner's Modern English Usage is a comprehensive, influential reference guide to contemporary English grammar, usage, and style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary Target entity description: Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is a widely used American English dictionary known for its authoritative definitions, usage guidance, and up-to-date coverage of contemporary vocabulary.
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A.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language, widely regarded as the standard reference for definitions, usage, and etymology.
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B.
New Oxford American Dictionary
The New Oxford American Dictionary is a comprehensive, authoritative dictionary of American English known for its contemporary coverage and usage guidance, published by Oxford University Press.
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C.
Oxford Dictionary of English
The Oxford Dictionary of English is a comprehensive, authoritative single-volume dictionary of contemporary English published by Oxford University Press.
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D.
Collins English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary is a major authoritative reference work on the English language, particularly influential for British English usage and spelling.
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E.
Garner's Modern English Usage
Garner's Modern English Usage is a comprehensive, influential reference guide to contemporary English grammar, usage, and style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American English dictionary
ⓘ
English-language dictionary ⓘ dictionary ⓘ |
| basedIn | Springfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brand | Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focus | American English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | reference work ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | MWCD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
abbreviations list
ⓘ
appendices ⓘ biographical names section ⓘ geographical names section ⓘ tables ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOnlineVersion | Merriam-Webster Online Collegiate Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSuccessorTo | Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authoritative definitions
ⓘ
coverage of contemporary vocabulary ⓘ frequent updates ⓘ usage notes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
digital
ⓘ
online ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor | prescriptive and descriptive usage notes ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provides |
antonyms
ⓘ
definitions ⓘ etymologies ⓘ pronunciations ⓘ synonyms ⓘ usage guidance ⓘ |
| publisher | Merriam-Webster, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Merriam-Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
English language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ vocabulary ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
educators
ⓘ
general public ⓘ students ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
libraries in the United States
ⓘ
offices in the United States ⓘ schools in the United States ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary Description of subject: Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is a widely used American English dictionary known for its authoritative definitions, usage guidance, and up-to-date coverage of contemporary vocabulary.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.