The Encarta World English Dictionary is an image of English at the turn of the millennium. This work is as new as now. Every other dictionary in English is based on work at least 20 years old.
Some dictionaries go back more than a century.
All of Encarta World English Dictionary has been written in the last four years. Its vocabulary has been newly selected from sources showing how modern English is used internationally, in print and on broadcasts and over the Internet. The dictionary staff lives all over the world. This is the dictionary that e-mail built. Because it has been designed for students, professionals, listeners, and readers of all sorts, it is comprehensively authoritative, able to guide you through Shakespeare's pages as well as the Web's.