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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 ...
The dictionary is not based on the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) – it is a separate dictionary which strives to represent faithfully the current usage of English words. The Revised Second Edition contains 355,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including biographical references and thousands of encyclopaedic entries.
Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE) New Oxford American Dictionary (NOAD) Concise Oxford English Dictionary (COD) Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English; Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD) Oxford Russian Dictionary (ORD)
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Chief editors of the OED [1] [dead link ]; Name Dates of chief editorship Notes Herbert Coleridge: 1858–61: Preliminary work. Died in office. Frederick J. Furnivall
This is a comparison of English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the language of English.The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which extensively cover the language, and are targeted to native speakers), "collegiate" (which are smaller, and often contain other biographical or geographical information useful to college students), and "learner's ...
Works derived from the Oxford English Dictionary (7 P) Pages in category "Oxford English Dictionary" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the largest and most famous, but other smaller dictionaries are more widely sold under the name "Oxford". Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.