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     • In 1806 Webster published his Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. Though it was no more than a preparation for his later dictionary, it contained not only about 5,000 more words than Johnson’s dictionary but also a number of innovations, including perhaps the first separation of i and j, and of u and v, as alphabetical entities.
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   • The Dictionary was finally published in April 1755, with the title page noting that the University of Oxford had awarded Johnson a Master of Arts degree in anticipation of the work. The dictionary as published was a large book.

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   What is the Oxford English Dictionary?

   • The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. The OED is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.

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   • The dictionary as published was a large book. Its pages were nearly 18 inches (46 cm) tall, and the book was 20 inches (51 cm) wide when opened; it contained 42,773 entries, to which only a few more were added in subsequent editions, and it sold for the extravagant price of £4 10s, perhaps the rough equivalent of £350 today.

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   May 21, 2024 · In 1598 an Italian–English dictionary by John Florio was published. It was the first English dictionary to use quotations ("illustrations") to give meaning to the word; surprisingly, in none of these dictionaries so far were there any actual definitions of words.

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   May 8, 2024 · By the end of the 19th century, academics began to tire of clashing egos, and work began on the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Prepared by a team working on a consensus model, this dictionary...

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   2 days ago · The Dictionary was finally published in April 1755, with the title page noting that the University of Oxford had awarded Johnson a Master of Arts degree in anticipation of the work. The dictionary as published was a large book.

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   May 24, 2024 · The OED. Searching the Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. The OED is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.

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   May 16, 2024 · The book generally regarded as the first English dictionary was published in 1604 with only 120 pages; it was called A Table Alphabetical, written by Robert Cawdray, a schoolmaster and clergyman containing “hard words for ladies or other unskillful persons.”

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   May 23, 2024 · The First Edition of the OED was finished in 1928. Five years later, a supplement to the dictionary was published. Because English is a living language, the dictionary requires constant revision in order to remain current and accurate.