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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). It traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and academic researchers, as well as describing usage in its many variations throughout the ...

  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] The dictionary is not based on the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) – it is ...

  4. 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.

  5. Comparison of English dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Oxford dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, an abridgement of the OED; Single-volume dictionaries. 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) Other works ...

  7. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The dictionary now included 600,000 words, phrases, and definitions, covering global English-speaking regions and 2500 new words and meanings from Oxford Dictionaries and Oxford English Corpus. As previously, the vocabulary included entries in general English from 1700 to the present day and in earlier major literary works.

  8. Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English

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    The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English is a one-volume dictionary published by Oxford University Press. It is intended for family or upper secondary school readerships. 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 ...

  9. List of contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary

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    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.

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