The Oxford English Dictionary by John Andrew Simpson

'The Oxford English Dictionary is more than a national monument to lexicography. 'The greatest treasure of words all the raw material a writer needs for a lifetime of work.- Annie Proulx' I could not have become a writer without it.- Anthony Burgess' 'The OED has been to me a teacher, a companion, a source of endless discovery. Subscriptions are available to OED online on an individual or institutional basis. Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions detailed information on pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history extensive treatment of etymology and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics.Īlongside the print edition is the Oxford English Dictionary Online (Updated quarterly, this award-winning online resource allows the Dictionary to evolve with the English language while the print edition remains as a historical record. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of sources worldwide - literary, scholarly, technical, and popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin and Isabella Beeton. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. It traces the usage of words through 2.4 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources. The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium.

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The Oxford English Dictionary by John Andrew Simpson