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 (www.macquariedictionary.com.au)
