How long does it take to read Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language?
Philip Babcock Gove, Merriam-Webster
Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language by Philip Babcock Gove, Merriam-Webster takes about 48 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 48 hours 48 minutes
A long haul
First published 1981. 2,662 pages, about 732,050 words.
98 days (about 14 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 81 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 48 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 30 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Thumb index. Contains over 460,000 entries defining the English language as it is written and spoken today.
Subjects: Dictionaries, Polyglot, Polyglot Dictionaries, Reference, Bilingual dictionaries, Engels
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