Best German to English dictionaries to power up your vocabularyThe article presents you with the top German to English dictionaries available, catering to learners and enthusiasts of the German language...
21 Apr, 2024, 11.24 PM IST
AI named Collins Dictionary word of the year; Bazball, made famous by English coach Brendon McCullum, also finds a berthCollins Dictionary's 2023 listing is out, and there are not too many surprises here!
02 Nov, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
'AI' named Collins Word of the Year"We know that AI has been a big focus this year in the way that it has developed and has quickly become as ubiquitous and embedded in our l...
01 Nov, 2023, 11.43 PM IST
Goblin mode, gaslight, permacrisis: A look at 2022's words of the yearIn a year when the world opened up again, and the pandemic and lockdowns engendered in us new world views and priorities, a renewed sense o...
24 Dec, 2022, 11.00 PM IST
Permacrisis is Collins Dictionary's word of the year. Know why and its meaningGlasgow-based HarperCollins is the publisher of the Collins Dictionary. The dictionary is run by Collins Learning, a branch of HarperCollin...
01 Nov, 2022, 06.50 PM IST
Sticking to the digital trend, Collins Dictionary picks NFT as word of the yearNFT is short for non-fungible token.
25 Nov, 2021, 05.35 PM IST
Lockdown captures 2020 in a wordThat it surpassed ‘coronavirus’ in usage shows its bearing on the public’s mind.
12 Nov, 2020, 07.49 AM IST
Collins Dictionary picks 'lockdown' as Word of the Year, thanks to the pandemic'Coronavirus', 'social distancing', 'self-isolate' and 'furlough' were included in the list.
10 Nov, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
Words that traipse their way into languageTailor-making language to fit what’s trending socially and politically.
11 Nov, 2019, 08.44 AM IST
Toxic, misinformation, nomophobia: Words that had the world's attention in 2018Global Language Monitor (GLM), which tracks top trending words, named 'The Moment' its top word of 2018.
02 Jan, 2019, 10.39 AM IST
Other tongues still add spice to englishA few of them seem to have immediate relevance to Indian users of English, though our own regional languages also regularly add masala to a...
14 Oct, 2018, 11.12 PM IST
Dictionaries have it in for the TrumpsIt remains to be seen whether Oxford and Merriam-Webster also choose words associated with the US First Family. That would be quite a lingu...
29 Nov, 2017, 11.09 PM IST
'Fake News': Why Donald Trump should take note of 'bully pulpit'Fake news, either as a statement of fact or as an accusation, has been inescapable this year, contributing to the undermining of society’s ...
06 Nov, 2017, 12.32 AM IST
'Fake news' beats 'gender-fluid', 'fidget spinner' to become 2017's word of the yearThe use of 'fake news' registered a 365 per cent rise in the last 12 months.
02 Nov, 2017, 06.21 PM IST
A suffix, an emoji among 2015's top wordsFor the first time, Merriam-Webster named on December 15 the suffix 'ism' as its 2015 word of the year.
03 Jan, 2016, 11.51 AM IST
Top words of 2014: Vape, culture, photobomb, overshareTerms like 'vape', 'culture', 'photobomb', 'overshare' and 'heart emoji' were significant throughout the past 12 months and have been named...
29 Dec, 2014, 11.59 AM IST
Why call it Indian-English or Nigerian-English? Indian or Nigerian would doWords from all sorts of languages & sources finding a place in what is called the Collins English Dictionary, begs the question whether the...
13 Sep, 2012, 06.56 AM IST