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  2. Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house. The dictionary, which published its first edition in 1884, traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to ...

  3. Oxford Dictionary of English - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE) is a single-volume English dictionary published by Oxford University Press, first published in 1998 as The New Oxford Dictionary of English (NODE). The word "new" was dropped from the title with the Second Edition in 2003. [ 1 ]

  4. Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English

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    The third edition (revised), published in 2008, has 1,264 pages, somewhat smaller than the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, and is distinct from the "Compact" (single- and two-volume photo-reduced) editions of the multi-volume Oxford English Dictionary.

  5. Comparison of English dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Oxford Dictionary of English: Oxford University Press: 1998 3rd (ISBN 0-19-957112-0) 2010 2,112 355,000 British: IPA: Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Oxford University Press: 1895 2nd (20 vols., ISBN 0-19-861186-2) 1989 21,730 291,500 British: IPA: Random House Webster's: Random House: 1966 2nd (rev., ISBN 978-0375425998) 2002 2,256 315,000 ...

  6. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The first editor, William Little, worked on the book from 1902 until his death in 1922. The dictionary was completed by H. W. Fowler, Jessie Coulson, and C. T. Onions.An abridgement of the complete work was contemplated from 1879, when the Oxford University Press took over from the Philological Society on what was then known as A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles.

  7. New Oxford American Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The New Oxford American Dictionary (NOAD) is a single-volume dictionary of American English compiled by American editors at the Oxford University Press.. NOAD is based upon the New Oxford Dictionary of English (NODE), published in the United Kingdom in 1998, although with substantial editing, additional entries, and the inclusion of illustrations.

  8. List of dictionaries by number of words - Wikipedia

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    Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition Oxford Dictionary has 273,000 headwords; 171,476 of them being in current use, 47,156 being obsolete words and around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries. The dictionary contains 157,000 combinations and derivatives, and 169,000 phrases and combinations, making a total of over 600,000 word-forms.

  9. List of contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    1st edition and 1st Supplement, jointly with Craigie. Joined 1914. Robert Burchfield: 1957–86: 2nd Supplement Edmund Weiner: 1985–89: 2nd edition jointly with Simpson; also worked on 3rd edition. Joined 1977. John Simpson: 1985–2013: 2nd edition jointly with Weiner; 3rd edition chief editor from 1993. Joined 1976. Michael Proffitt: 2013 ...

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