The Macquarie Compact Dictionary is based on the complete Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition. It is an up-to-date record of the core of Australian English, in a convenient format.
The Macquarie Compact Dictionary features:
- more than 50,000 words and phrases
- up-to-date entries such as coercive control, long COVID, net zero, Omicron, range anxiety, Teal, truth-telling
- pronunciations in the International Phonetic Alphabet
- idiomatic phrases
- illustrative phrases showing how a word is used in context
- free six-month subscription to Macquarie Dictionary Online
About the Author
The Macquarie Dictionary was first published in print in 1981 and has been
online since 2003. It contains the complete record of English as it is used in
Australia, and is nationally and internationally regarded as the standard
reference on Australian English.
