As you explore Forbes Advisor’s rankings of the best online colleges or research how to apply for college, you may see unfamiliar terms or phrases. Not only are we here to help demystify things such ...

Though the English language has many quirks, one of its most interesting is homographs: words that are spelled identically but have different meanings or definitions.; There are at least 10 words ...

Dictionary.com added more than 566 new words, 348 new definitions for existing entries and 2,256 revised definitions Wednesday as the dictionary works to "keep pace with the ever-changing English ...

One way to track the evolution of how the U.S. public education system has treated students acquiring English is by looking at the terms used to classify them, and their evolution over time.

The Oxford English Dictionary added a total of 18 new LGBTQ-related words in 2022 — an effort to acknowledge the diverse communities of LGBTQ people around the world, their shared and ...

Which word has the most definitions in the English language? Here's a hint: the word is only three letters long, can be a noun or a verb, and has more than 600 senses (or meanings), according to ...

Earlier this year, porch pirate, sh**housery, and a bunch of other terms entered the hallowed (digital) pages of the Oxford English Dictionary. Its newest crop of inductees is just as colorful.

THIS dictionary, in which the French equivalent is given for words and terms used in English medical science will be particularly valuable to French practitioners and students of medicine. The ...

The Irish language, like all other modern languages changes with the times, reflecting how it is being used by its speakers. The latest terms added to the Concise English-Irish Dictionary are the ...

10 Welsh terms added to Oxford English Dictionary. Welsh words and phrases that have been "borrowed" by the English language have been included as part of the dictionary's latest new additions.