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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is based on the world’s largest collection of information about the way the English language is written and spoken in our time—a citation file of over 14½ million examples of English words drawn from actual use, more than 1 million collected since the last edition. The volume also includes: well-drafted Definitions and Pronunciations, Extensive...

1forte \ˈfōrt, ˈfȯrt; 2 is often ˈfȯr-ˌtā or fȯr-ˈtā or ˈfȯr-tē\ noun [French fort, from fort, adjective, strong] (circa 1648) 1 : the part of a sword or foil blade that is between the middle and the hilt and that is the strongest part of the blade 2 : one’s strong point usage In forte we have a word derived from French that in its “strong point” sense has no entirely satisfactory pronunciation. Usage writers have denigrated \ˈfȯr-ˌtā\ and \ˈfȯr-tē\ because they reflect the influence of
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