I can't believe how often I end up using this. I'm constantly looking up words to help me better understand words I come across in my Bible reading/study. I often want to look up different meanings or looking for clarifications. I'm sure that this would come in handy for everyone but especially those who are studying anything. I'm always happy to learn new words or meanings. I'd gladly order from here again.

The dictionary is very useful. I have Merriam-Webster Android version also, however I wanted hardcover type one. Because; 1) I'd like read/check preface, explanatory chart, explanatory notes, and so on this dictionary (it meaning, I'd like to read preface and appendixes of Webster). It's useful and important for deeply understanding. 2) I have Oxford paperback type. I love both dictionaries. But, hardcover type is more better for a a long time to keep good condition.
So, I recommend hardcover type dictionary even it's very heavy :) However, when I opened the dictionary at first... I'm very shocked for so bad condition/quality... One page is severely corrupted (It's not second hand). I think Amazon is not bad. It's just publisher's problem. In actually, I'd like to request to change. But, I'm in Japan... so let it go (If I request to change the new one, I have to wait 2 more weeks... I need the dictionary "NOW", it's not next month). I know it's very rare case, it's not so much (I had never seen that condition on English books. It's first time). I think dictionary is the most important book in all books. If this likely rare condition is on a kind of novel, I was not so much shocked. So, I recommend that if you want to buy a dictionary, real book store (not online) is better, because we can check the condition before buying it.

For my needs, this Collegiate is a much better dictionary than the more simplified others, such as the dictionaries bundled with Kindle. Its definitions are more extensive and nuanced, especially useful when reading older material where the meanings of words (and the words themselves) have changed over time. Many times I have have found the more nuanced meanings of better authors in their selection of words.
It is simple to make this the default dictionary in Kindle instead of the bundled one.
At its heart, It is a standalone full copy of the Collegiate Dictionary, and can also be fully accessed as a separate book within Kindle. This makes browsing enjoyable, not just of its listings (including such pictures as dictionaries have) but also its supplemental materials.
When using it as a writer (I know the word, but not its spelling, nor if I completely understand the word I seek to use) and not as a reader, I would have been more pleased if those who had added electronic usability had also made it more intuitive to those of us with poorer ability to spell by more simply allowing the browsing for a word as is done with a paper dictionary. Yes, the pages are there exactly as they are in the paper version, but, for me, the electronics are not as good as the physical movement of the pages or groups of pages. It might be that adding a line which could be dragged at the top to change the pages displayed would further improve this.

Perfect, you can't find a hard cover dictionary in many stores anymore, and this is just what I was looking for. FYI: laminated just means it has a high gloss finish with a very thin plastic coating to make it shine. I like to create quick tabs out of post-it notes they do not come with the dictionary.

Being that I am dyslectic, a dictionary is of an absolute to me. As I write this, if it were not for spell check, this would make no sense to anyone. So, for me I believe that every home should have a dictionary. The computer has made it to easy for everyone to depend on the spell check and not truly learn how to spell. That posses a problem when you have to read. So, both of my sons learned at home, not in school, how to use a dictionary, just like I did "IN SCHOOL"
The other reason it is so handy, is sometimes, not even the spell check can find the correct spelling for certain words, for me. When I have this come up, the dictionary comes out. I ALWAYS find in it what the computer does not! My dictionary is always on the left side of my desk. It is invaluable.