Example sentences for: mwiii

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  • Thus, the first definition of interlude refers to a short dramatic piece performed between the acts of the miracle plays, and the common modern sense of `interval' is not met with till definition 2. That is merely a fact—many American dictionaries follow the same theme, notably, the MWIII .

  • The biggest was that Gove had gone his merry way in producing what he considered to be a lexicon of the language but with little thought for those who were to use it: no one could call the MWIII “user-friendly” (certainly not in 1961, when, as far as I know, the expression had not yet gained currency):

  • More than three decades later I readily recall my opinions about both at the time, opinions that have changed little over the years: there was no doubt that the MWIII deserved criticism, but those benighted, self-appointed guardians of the language who were heaping vituperative imprecations on the Dictionary (and its editors) were criticizing it for the wrong things.

  • Indeed, there is no definition of compartment in the MWIII that fits the sense to which it is stretched in the definition of hotel .

  • I checked in MWIII and in the OED 2e : neither yielded the definition sought (though the OED2e has a definition, labeled obsolete and obviously not the meaning sought, the first page of a book).


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