Macquarie Dictionary (5th edition)

This fifth edition of the Macquarie, measuring a new awareness of environment and fragility, will mark a turning of the tide in our consciousness, in the span of our response, in the way we give voice to place — and place to voice.'

Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce

Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia

The Fifth Edition was published in October 2009 and features:

the complete record of English as it is used in Australia, from the colourfully colloquial to the highly technical

thousands of new words and senses, such as animateur, baby bump, breadcrumb navigation, celeblog, click-and-mortar, ecosophy, first-person shooter, flashpacker, freeconomics, gene bank and toxic debt

words relating to the environment and climate change, such as acid shock, bioethanol, climate wars, conservation tillage, ecological footprint, ecowarrior, emissions market and global commons

encyclopedic entries such as Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Ban Ki-moon, Barangaroo, Black Saturday, Earth Hour, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Large Hadron Collider, Stephanie Rice and Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

illustrative phrases, many from Australian literature, which clearly show how a word is used in context

words and phrases from regional Australia, such as black snow, hydro pole, maisonette, marron, musset hut, nointer and schnitter

extensive usage notes

etymologies of words and phrases