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Oxford University Press. Published. 1884–1928 (first edition) 1989 (second edition) Third edition in preparation [1] Website. www .oed .com. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP).
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The Second Edition of the Dictionary, published in 1989, was an amalgamation of the text of the First Edition with that of the Supplement produced in 1972–86, combined with approximately five thousand entries for new words and meanings. Dedication to the Queen (1989) Preface to the Second Edition. The New Oxford English Dictionary Project.
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History of the OED. The following is a brief history of the Oxford English Dictionary, detailing key events since the initial proposal in 1857. The Oxford English Dictionary has been the last word on the English language for over a century, yet we count on its wisdom and authority without necessarily considering how it came to be.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia is one of the largest encyclopedic dictionaries of the English language. In its day it was compared favorably with the Oxford English Dictionary, and frequently consulted for more factual information than would normally be the case for a dictionary.
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The Historical Reading Programme addresses texts from the Early Modern period into the nineteenth century, supplying many antedatings and later examples of words already recorded in the Dictionary, but also identifying words and meanings not yet covered by the Oxford English Dictionary.
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] .
