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An unsurpassed guide for researchers in any discipline to the meaning, history, and usage of over 500,000 words and phrases across the English-speaking world. Find out more about OED.
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The OED and the English dictionaries in Oxford Dictionaries Premium are themselves very different. While Oxford Dictionaries Premium focuses on the current language and practical usage, the OED shows how words and meanings have changed over time.
In this section, you will find resources to make the most of the OED (including our guides on how to get started), explore how it is being used in academic research and teaching, sign up to upcoming OED events and watch past ones, and generally find content that can be useful in your own work.
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.
In this short film, John Simpson, Chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, explains what the aim of the dictionary is and who it is for.
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Mar 22, 2024 · The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 500,000 words - past and present - from across the English-speaking world. The OED Online also features the Historical Thesaurus of the OED , which arranges the dictionary by meaning.
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The Oxford English Dictionary provides an unsurpassed guide to the English language, documenting 500,000 words through 3.5 million illustrative quotations from over 1,000 years of history across the English-speaking world.