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Oxford Dictionary of English
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A copy of the First Edition of NODE
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Release number
3
GenreDictionary
Published1 August 2010
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages2112
ISBN978-0199571123
Preceded bySecond Edition 

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] This dictionary is not based on the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and should not be mistaken for a new or updated version of the OED. It is a completely new dictionary which strives to represent as faithfully as possible the current usage of English words. The Revised Second Edition contains 355,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including biographical references and thousands of encyclopaedic entries. The Third Edition was published in August 2010, with some new words, including "vuvuzela".

It is currently the largest single-volume English-language dictionary published by Oxford University Press.

Editorial principles and practices[edit]

The first editor, Judy Pearsall, wrote in the introduction that it is based on a modern understanding of language and is derived from a corpus of contemporary English usage. For example, the editors did not discourage split infinitives, but instead justified their use in some contexts. The first edition was based on bodies of texts such as the British National Corpus and the citation database of the Oxford Reading Programme.

The dictionary "views the language from the perspective that English is a world language". A network of consultants provide extensive coverage of English usage from the United States to the Caribbean and New Zealand.

A more unusual decision was to omit pronunciations of common, everyday words, contrary to the practice of most large dictionaries.[2] The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to present pronunciations, which are based on Received Pronunciation.

The Second Edition added over 3,000 new words, senses and phrases drawn from the Oxford English Corpus.[1]

The New Oxford American Dictionary is the American version of the Oxford Dictionary of English, with substantial editing and uses a diacritical respelling scheme rather than the IPA system.

Publications[edit]

Oxford University Press dictionaries at W.H. Smith, London.

The New Oxford Dictionary of English[edit]

  • First edition: 350,000 entries (including 12,000 encyclopaedic entries and 52,000 scientific and technical words). CD-ROM supports Windows 95/NT and above. CD-ROM produced by Versaware. CD-ROM includes links to Versaware.

New Oxford Dictionary of English[edit]

Oxford Dictionary of English[edit]

  • Second Edition – 2003[3]
  • Second Edition, Revised – 2005[3][1]
  • Third edition: The Third Edition is available online via Oxford Dictionaries Online, as well as in print.[4] The online version is updated every three months.[5] Oxford Dictionaries Online also includes the New Oxford American Dictionary, Oxford Thesaurus of English, Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus and grammar and usage resources.[6] The online version added more than 80,000 words from the OED in August 2015.[7] Includes nearly 100,000 headwords, with 11,000 proper names, over 350,000 words and phrases and definitions, 11,000 encyclopaedic entries, 68,000 explanations.[3]
    • Hardcover edition (ISBN 0-19-957112-0/ISBN 978-0-19-957112-3): Includes 12-month access to Oxford Dictionaries Online.
      • 1st? impression (2010-09-15)
    • Android version: Published by MobiSystems, Inc. Premium version includes audio pronunciation, offline mode, priority support, no ads.
      • Version 7.0.177 (): Support split screen for Android 7.
      • Version 7.1.195 (): Support Shortcut Items for Android 7.1 (Camera, Voice Search, Dictionary)
      • Version 7.1.208 (Android 4.1, 2017-02-16): Includes over 350,000 words, phrases and meanings. Premium version includes 75,000 audio pronunciations of both common and rare words.
    • iOS free version: Published by MobiSystems, Inc.
      • Version 8.2.9 (): Includes iOS 10 optimization.
      • Version 8.5.6 (iOS 8.0, 2017-02-15): Supports voice over, voice search in iOS 10.
    • OS X paid version: Published by WordWeb Software.
      • Version 3.3 (OS X 10.9 64-bit, 2016-12-01)
    • Windows version: Published by MobiSystems, Inc.
      • Version 2.2 (2015-05-27): Includes about 75,000 audio pronunciations of both common and rare words, doubled with both British and American voice versions.
    • Browser version: Published by MobiSystems, Inc.
      • Version 2.1.0.4 (full, 2015-04-09): Includes 350,000 words, phrases, and meanings, about 75,000 audio pronunciations of both common and rare words, doubled with both British and American voice versions.

Oxford Dictionaries of English and Concise Oxford Thesaurus[edit]

It is a compilation that includes Oxford Dictionaries of English and Concise Oxford Thesaurus.

  • 3rd edition
    • Android version: Published by MobiSystems, Inc. Premium version includes unlimited time licence, offline mode, priority support, no ads.
      • Version 7.0.177 (): Support split screen for Android 7.
      • Version 7.1.191 (2017-01-03): Support Shortcut Items for Android 7.1 (Camera, Voice Search, Dictionary)

Oxford Dictionaries Quick Search[edit]

It is a dictionary app based on contents from Oxford Dictionary of English and New Oxford American Dictionary.[8]

  • 3rd edition
    • Android version: Published by Oxford University Press ELT.
      • Version 1.2.0 (Android 2.3.3, 2014-11-07): Supports landscape mode.
    • iOS version: Published by Oxford University Press ELT.
      • Version 1.1.1 (iOS 5.0, 2014-03-01):

Oxford Dictionary of Thesaurus[edit]

  • Third edition: Includes 600,000 synonyms and antonyms, 35,000 example sentences.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Hughes, H.G.A. (2004). "Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition)". Reference Reviews. 18 (4): 36–37. doi:10.1108/09504120410535407.
  2. ^ "Generally speaking, native speakers of English do not need information about the pronunciation of ordinary, everyday words....For this reason, no pronunciations are given for such words (or their compounds or derivatives)....the principle followed is that pronunciations are given where they are likely to cause problems for the native speaker of English", The New Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, 1998, ed. Judy Pearsall et al, Introduction, p xvii.
  3. ^ a b c Stevenson, Angus (20 August 2010). "Dictionary attack!". OxfordWords blog. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  4. ^ Stevenson, Angus, ed. (2010). Oxford Dictionary of English (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. vii.
  5. ^ Harrison, Emma (19 June 2014). "Oxford dictionaries: Demise of the printed editions?". BBC News. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Oxford Dictionaries content help". Oxford Dictionaries Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  7. ^ "About Oxforddictionaries.com - Oxford Dictionaries".
  8. ^ Oxford Dictionaries Quick Search app

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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