Best dictionary for junior high?

[LauraBeth475]

It's clearly past time to upgrade from our Scholastic Children's Dictionary.

[Ethel Mertz]

I just went ahead and bought a collegiate dictionary and, while I was at it, a thesaurus.

[Kiara.I]

My mom (an English teacher) would make up dictionary tests to use to assess dictionaries.

 

A couple of the criteria I remember:

-uses IPA for pronunciation guides.

-can define the word "toque" adequately. It is /shocking/ how many dictionaries do not know that it is a knit cap for winter wear.

 

You could probably find lists online of dictionary assessment guidelines.

 

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[Starr]

We have all kinds of dictionaries around here but by middle school they generally used whatever was on the computer. As a side funny. I bought their first dictionaries in Canada, caused a few spelling problems. :D