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Historical dictionary of the English language
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University
Oxford_English_Dictionary
Single-volume dictionary, first published in 1998
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
Oxford_Dictionary_of_English
Two-volume version of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED) is an English language dictionary published by the Oxford University Press. The SOED is a two-volume abridgement
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
Shorter_Oxford_English_Dictionary
English dictionary
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary (officially titled The Concise Oxford Dictionary until 2002, and widely abbreviated COD or COED) is one of the best-known
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Concise_Oxford_English_Dictionary
1755 dictionary by Samuel Johnson
Until the completion of the Oxford English Dictionary 173 years later, Johnson's was viewed as the pre-eminent English dictionary. According to Walter Jackson
A Dictionary of the English Language
A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language
First advanced learner's dictionary of English
The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD) was the first advanced learner's dictionary of English. It was first published in 1948. It is the largest
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Oxford_Advanced_Learner's_Dictionary
Dictionary website
Lexico was a dictionary website that provided a collection of English and Spanish dictionaries produced by Oxford University Press (OUP), the publishing
Lexico
Topics referred to by the same term
Compact Oxford English Dictionary may refer to: Compact Editions of the Oxford English Dictionary, the full text of the OED photographically reduced to
Compact Oxford English Dictionary
Compact_Oxford_English_Dictionary
Collection of words and their meanings
Century Dictionary Chambers Dictionary Collins English Dictionary Concise Oxford English Dictionary Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English / Longman
Dictionary
English words of Yiddish origin, except as noted, are in the online editions of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), The American Heritage Dictionary
List of English words of Yiddish origin
List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin
Classical Latin dictionary by Oxford
The Oxford Latin Dictionary (or OLD) is the standard English lexicon of Classical Latin, compiled from sources written before AD 200. Begun in 1933, it
Oxford_Latin_Dictionary
Topics referred to by the same term
Oxford dictionary may refer to any dictionary published by Oxford University Press, particularly: Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Shorter Oxford English
Oxford_dictionary
The following writers contributed to the Oxford English Dictionary. Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham Sir William Anson, 3rd Baronet George Latimer Apperson
List of contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary
List_of_contributors_to_the_Oxford_English_Dictionary
Collection of American English words and their meanings
The New Oxford American Dictionary (NOAD) is a single-volume dictionary of American English compiled by American editors at the Oxford University Press
New Oxford American Dictionary
New_Oxford_American_Dictionary
Canadian English dictionary
The Canadian Oxford Dictionary is a dictionary of Canadian English. First published by Oxford University Press Canada in 1998, it became a well-known reference
Canadian_Oxford_Dictionary
English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the English language. The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which
Comparison of English dictionaries
Comparison_of_English_dictionaries
Oxford University Press's large dictionary of famous quotations
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations is the Oxford University Press's dictionary of commonly known quotations and proverbs in the English language and culture
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Quotations
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology is an etymological dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press. The first editor
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_English_Etymology
original on 23 April 2020. Oxford English Dictionary, furore. "Grotty; Grody". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford English Dictionary, mom and mam Symphony (15
American and British English spelling differences
American_and_British_English_spelling_differences
One-volume dictionary published by Oxford University Press
The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English is a one-volume dictionary published by Oxford University Press. It is intended for family or
Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English
Compact_Oxford_English_Dictionary_of_Current_English
Spelling standard used by Oxford University Press
Oxford spelling (also Oxford English Dictionary spelling, Oxford style, or Oxford English spelling) is a British spelling standard, named after its use
Oxford_spelling
Standard accent for British English
discuss very generic English phonology, though the Oxford English Dictionary cites quotations even back to about 1710. In the 1860s, English phonetician Alexander
Received_Pronunciation
1937 dictionary by Eric Partridge
words that had long been omitted from other works, such as the Oxford English Dictionary. For the two editions published before the Second World War, obscenity
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
A_Dictionary_of_Slang_and_Unconventional_English
List of every preposition from each category
adj.1, and prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed 6 July 2020. "qua, prep." Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, 2020. Accessed
List_of_English_prepositions
Publishing arm of the University of Oxford
English Dictionary, Compact Oxford English Dictionary, Compact Editions of the Oxford English Dictionary, Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current
Oxford_University_Press
British English dictionary
Penguin English Dictionary, variously known as The New Penguin English Dictionary or The Penguin Complete English Dictionary, is a one-volume English-language
Penguin_English_Dictionary
Dictionary covering the historical development of forms and meanings of words
'historical' have all of these features. For example, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary includes only minimal quotations, with most entries having only
Historical_dictionary
English Oxford English Dictionary, by subscription Online Etymological Dictionary, free Merriam-Webster Dictionary, free American Heritage Dictionary
English_words_of_Greek_origin
Most important word or expression in a year
since 2003: Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary and many other dictionaries, announces an Oxford Dictionaries UK Word of
Word_of_the_year
Thorndike Barnhart Dictionary. NBC – NBC Handbook of Pronunciation. MWCD – Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. OED – Oxford English Dictionary. COD – The
Pronunciation respelling for English
Pronunciation_respelling_for_English
word in English. The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary does not
Longest_word_in_English
American surgeon and lexicographer (1834–1920)
While incarcerated, Minor became an important contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary. He was one of the project's most effective volunteers, reading
William_Chester_Minor
Text corpus and database of 21st century English
The Oxford English Corpus (OEC) is a text corpus of 21st-century English, used by the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary and by Oxford University
Oxford_English_Corpus
Old English dictionary published in Canada
complements the Oxford English Dictionary's comprehensive survey of modern English, the Middle English Dictionary's comprehensive survey of Middle English, and the
Dictionary_of_Old_English
English language encyclopedic dictionary by William Dwight Whitney
Dictionary and Cyclopedia is one of the largest encyclopedic dictionaries of the English language. It was compared favorably with the Oxford English Dictionary
Century_Dictionary
Dictionary of Middle English published by the University of Michigan
online in an HTML format. Middle English Dictionary of Old English Oxford English Dictionary "About the Middle English Compendium". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved
Middle_English_Dictionary
Term with multiple meanings
Oxford English Dictionary (third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007. "pucelle, n.". Oxford English Dictionary (third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University
Pussy
1938 dictionary of American English
Oxford English Dictionary for British English. William A. Craigie was a talented Scottish linguist. He joined the group that wrote the Oxford English
Dictionary of American English
Dictionary_of_American_English
Authoritative style guide published by Oxford University Press
growing prestige of the Oxford University Press and its most significant scholarly project of the era, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Hart worked closely
Hart's_Rules
Conventions for capitalizing word
2016, recommend the lowercase form in every case. In 2016, the Oxford English Dictionary found that, based on a study of around 2.5 billion printed and
Capitalization_of_internet
Dictionary of Australian English
The Australian Oxford Dictionary, sometimes abbreviated as AOD, is a dictionary of Australian English published by Oxford University Press. The AOD combines
Australian_Oxford_Dictionary
Single-volume dictionary of American English
The Oxford American Dictionary (OAD) is a single-volume dictionary of American English. It was the first dictionary published by the Oxford University
Oxford_American_Dictionary
2006 account of J. R. R. Tolkien as lexicographer
Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary is a 2006 book by three editors of the Oxford English Dictionary, Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall
The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
The_Ring_of_Words:_Tolkien_and_the_Oxford_English_Dictionary
Dictionary developed by Noah Webster and other dictionaries using his name
Webster's Dictionary is any of the American English dictionaries edited in the early 19th century by American lexicographer Noah Webster (1758–1843), as
Webster's_Dictionary
on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022. "Commonwealth English". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 7 May 2024. Ara, Rowshon (March 2020). "A Foreign
English in the Commonwealth of Nations
English_in_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations
Primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1837–1915)
lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) from 1879 until his death. James Murray was born in the
James_Murray_(lexicographer)
Ought To Know Right Now". Dictionary.com. 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2025-06-11. “Abiology, N.” Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, July 2023
List of words with the suffix -ology
List_of_words_with_the_suffix_-ology
2023 non-fiction book by Sarah Ogilvie
The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary is a 2023 book by Sarah Ogilvie. The book examines the volunteer contributors
The_Dictionary_People
Reference on notable British figures
notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) was published on 23 September 2004 in
Dictionary of National Biography
Dictionary_of_National_Biography
Dictionary of the English Language (5 ed.). Longman. 1988. ISBN 0-582-55511-6. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^[ODE]: Oxford Dictionary of English (2 ed.). Oxford UP
List of English words containing Q not followed by U
List_of_English_words_containing_Q_not_followed_by_U
Encyclopedia of history
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (OCD) is an encyclopædic work in English consisting of articles relating to classical antiquity and its civilisations.
Oxford_Classical_Dictionary
26-letter Latin-script alphabet
for example, the only spelling of soupçon found in English dictionaries (the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and others) uses the diacritic. However, diacritics
English_alphabet
English words that indicate a question is being asked, as a grammatical category
11659802. "Who". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 November 2023. "Whither". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press
English_interrogative_words
Dictionary of the Byzantine Empire
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (ODB) is a three-volume historical dictionary published by the English Oxford University Press. With more than 5,000
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Oxford_Dictionary_of_Byzantium
1994 book by Simon Blackburn
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (1994; second edition 2008; third edition 2016) is a dictionary of philosophy by the philosopher Simon Blackburn,
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Philosophy
Bilingual dictionary of English and Russian
The Oxford Russian Dictionary is a Russian–English and English–Russian bilingual dictionary published by Oxford University Press. It is one of the largest
Oxford_Russian_Dictionary
Set of varieties of English language
Scottish English, Welsh English, and Northern Irish English. Tom McArthur in the Oxford Guide to World English acknowledges that British English shares
British_English
Dictionary application for macOS developed by Apple
10.7 "Lion", Dictionary was updated to the Third Edition of the New Oxford American Dictionary and the British Oxford Dictionary of English was added. Words
Dictionary_(software)
for the count at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-19. "count". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.). Oxford University Press
List_of_sports_idioms
Variety of English spoken in Nigeria
the nativisation of English in Nigeria: "loanwords, coinages, and semantic shifts". A loanword is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "a word adopted from
Nigerian_English
Usage dictionary and style guide by American writer Bryan A. Garner
Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU), written by Bryan A. Garner and published by Oxford University Press, is a usage dictionary and style guide (or "prescriptive
Garner's_Modern_English_Usage
1702 English dictionary
English Words in 1706 and editing the Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum in 1708. The original title of the Oxford English Dictionary was A New English Dictionary
A_New_English_Dictionary
complete database of all the words in the Oxford English Dictionary and other dictionaries (including Old English), arranged by semantic field and date.
Historical Thesaurus of English
Historical_Thesaurus_of_English
British lexicographer (born 1964)
Peter Gilliver is a lexicographer and associate editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. In 2016 Gilliver published a history of the OED, which took most
Peter_Gilliver
Beliefs of Proto-Germanic speakers
p. 367. Orel 2003, p. 270. Oxford English Dictionary 2021, s.v. moon, n.1 Kroonen 2013, p. 365. Oxford English Dictionary 2021, s.v. Monday, n. and adv
Proto-Germanic_folklore
New Zealand-born editor of the ''Oxford English Dictionary''
2004) was a lexicographer, scholar, and writer, who edited the Oxford English Dictionary for thirty years to 1986, and was chief editor from 1971. Born
Robert_Burchfield
Social class in late medieval/early modern England
Old English in the early-to-mid-19th century. Two possible etymologies have been proposed to explain the origin of yeo. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Yeoman
Confection made by caramelizing sugar or molasses along with butter and flour
and molasses", but which creole language is not specified. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first publication of the word to 1825 and identifies
Toffee
West Germanic language
to English grammar (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 124–126. ISBN 978-1-316-51464-1. "they". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.). Oxford University
English_language
Salutation or greeting
extensively used in literature by the 1860s. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, hello is an alteration of hallo, hollo, which came from Old High
Hello
Latin-language lexicographical work
A Latin Dictionary (or Harpers' Latin Dictionary, often referred to as Lewis and Short or L&S) is a popular English-language lexicographical work of the
A_Latin_Dictionary
Small, round, flat yeast-leavened bread
come from the Low German muffen, meaning "little cakes". The Oxford English Dictionary also suggests a possible link to Old French moflet, a type of
English_muffin
Room for privately accessing a toilet, and often handwashing sink
closet, n.", Oxford English Dictionary. "loo, n.⁴", Oxford English Dictionary. "BOG - Meaning & Translations | Collins English Dictionary". www.collinsdictionary
Toilet_(room)
Primarily liquid food
but adds that it is probably earlier. The Oxford English Dictionary records the use of the word in English in the fourteenth century: "Soppen nim wyn
Soup
British usage writer and lexicographer (1858–1933)
was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language. He is notable for A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
H._W._Fowler
Multiple-editions biology dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Biology (often abbreviated to ODB) is a multiple editions dictionary published by the English Oxford University Press. With more
Oxford_Dictionary_of_Biology
National appeal run by the Oxford English Dictionary
national appeal run by the Oxford English Dictionary, looking for earlier evidence of the use of 50 words and phrases in the English language. New evidence
Wordhunt
Jewish ethnonym of Yiddish origin
Oxford English Dictionary. The Football Association, Merriam-Webster, Cambridge Dictionary, and the first definition of the Oxford English Dictionary
Yid
Multi-volume historical dictionary of English slang
definitions with quotations. It is thus comparable in method to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) though with a narrower scope, since it includes only slang
Green's_Dictionary_of_Slang
any higher names in the googol family (googolduplex, etc.). The Oxford English Dictionary comments that googol and googolplex are "not in formal mathematical
Names_of_large_numbers
Style guide by Henry Watson Fowler
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), by H. W. Fowler (1858–1933), is a dictionary of usage of modern English. It details the usage of selected
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
A_Dictionary_of_Modern_English_Usage
authentic of Arabic'. "How many words are there in the English language?". Oxford English Dictionary. Archived from the original on September 7, 2016. Retrieved
List of dictionaries by number of words
List_of_dictionaries_by_number_of_words
Prepositions in the English language
Chalker, Sylvia; Weiner, Edmund (2014). The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar (Second ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-174444-0.
English_prepositions
February 2016. "Cottage pie". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Meyer, E. (2010). 1200 Traditional English Recipes. Bod Third Party Titles
List_of_English_dishes
"Iguana". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2007-08-06. "Iguana". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 2007-08-06. "Maize". Oxford English Dictionary. "Maize"
List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas
List_of_English_words_from_Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas
1998 non-fiction history book by Simon Winchester
Making of the Oxford English Dictionary in the United States and Canada. The book tells the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and
The_Surgeon_of_Crowthorne
English words "the", "a(n)", and sometimes "some"
Guide to English Usage. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-521-62181-X. "mine, adj. and pron.". Oxford English Dictionary (3 ed
English_articles
Slang term
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Man The Establishment "square, adj., d.". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription
Square_(slang)
Online dictionary
the form of limericks. The project was originally called the "Oxford English Dictionary in Limerick Form," but the name was changed after the OED's legal
The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form
The_Omnificent_English_Dictionary_in_Limerick_Form
Linguistic dispute
Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517077-1. OCLC 123434455. Stevenson, Angus, ed. (2010). Oxford Dictionary of English (3rd ed.). Oxford:
Pronunciation_of_GIF
2003 non-fiction history book by Simon Winchester
The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary is a 2003 book by Simon Winchester. It concerns the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary under the editorship
The_Meaning_of_Everything
Pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement
Fun is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "light-hearted pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement; boisterous joviality or merrymaking; entertainment"
Fun
Type of contact language
Ansaldo et al. 2010: 80 Oxford English Dictionary, long time no see Oxford English Dictionary, look-see Oxford English dictionary, no ___ no ____ and variants
Chinese_Pidgin_English
Typographic abbreviation of the word "number(s)"
Unicode as a precomposed character, U+2116 № NUMERO SIGN. The Oxford English Dictionary derives the numero sign from Latin numero, the ablative form of
Numero_sign
See Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, entry for "saw". The forms stove and stoven are found from the 18th century onward. See Oxford English Dictionary
List of English irregular verbs
List_of_English_irregular_verbs
English idiom about minding manners
or typesetting. This is mentioned in the 3rd edition Oxford English Dictionary, but the dictionary considers the explanation unlikely since "the chronology
Mind_your_Ps_and_Qs
Old term for English fashionable society
English was in 1769 according to the Oxford English Dictionary. In British English, the word is pronounced as in French /tɒ̃/, with American English favouring
Ton_(society)
UK, as in the United States, one says "an upward motion". The Oxford English Dictionary in 1897 suggested a semantic distinction for adverbs, with -wards
Comparison of American and British English
Comparison_of_American_and_British_English
Dance style associated with swing dance
the performance group Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) the word "jitterbug" is a combination of the words "jitter"
Jitterbug
Oxford English Dictionary. "slip-over". Oxford English Dictionary. "jumper, n.2". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 2021-01-28. "pinafore, n/". Oxford English
List of garments having different names in American and British English
List_of_garments_having_different_names_in_American_and_British_English
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