Editing Macquarie Dictionary (section)

{{short description|Dictionary of Australian English}}
{{Use Australian English |date=March 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox book
| name              = Macquarie Dictionary
| language          = [[Australian English]], [[New Zealand English]]
| country           = Australia
| publisher         = Macquarie Dictionary Publishers
| image             = Photo of Macquarie Dictionary Sixth Edition.JPG
| caption           = The ''Macquarie Dictionary'', 6th edition
| subject           = [[Dictionary#Major English dictionaries|Dictionary]]
| pub_date          = 1981, 1991, 1997, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2020, 2023
| media_type        = Print, digital|
| website           = {{Official URL}}
}}

The '''''Macquarie Dictionary''''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|k|w|ɒr|i}}) is a [[dictionary]] of [[Australian English]]. It is considered by many to be the standard reference on Australian English.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corbett |first=Greg |date=2021-11-24 |title=Look It Up! With Macquarie Dictionary Online |url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/look-it-macquarie-dictionary-online |access-date= |website=[[State Library Of Queensland]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://unimelb.libguides.com/content.php?pid=130967&sid=1123371|publisher=[[University of Melbourne]]|title=Reference|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103005711/http://unimelb.libguides.com/content.php?pid=130967&sid=1123371 |archive-date=2015-01-03}}</ref> It also pays considerable attention to [[New Zealand English]]. Originally it was a publishing project of Jacaranda Press, a Brisbane educational publisher, for which an editorial committee was formed, largely from the Linguistics department of [[Macquarie University]] in [[Sydney, Australia]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = The Story of Australian English|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gPR4CAAAQBAJ|publisher = NewSouth|date = 2015-03-01|isbn = 9781742241906|first = Kel|last = Richards}}</ref> It is now published by Macquarie Dictionary Publishers, an imprint of [[Macmillan Publishers|Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd]]. In October 2007 it moved its editorial office from Macquarie University to the [[University of Sydney]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Macquarie Dictionary, uni split amicably|url = http://www.smh.com.au/national/macquarie-dictionary-uni-split-amicably-20070326-4bx.html|website = The Sydney Morning Herald| date=26 March 2007 |access-date = 2015-11-17}}</ref> and later to the Pan Macmillan offices in the [[Sydney central business district]].

In addition to its two-volume flagship dictionary, shorter editions including the ''Macquarie Concise Dictionary'', ''Macquarie Compact Dictionary'', ''Macquarie Budget Dictionary'' and ''Macquarie Little Dictionary'' are published.