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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+English&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.place=United+Kingdom&rft.pages=2112"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:NewOED-2001-ed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/NewOED-2001-ed.jpg/220px-NewOED-2001-ed.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/NewOED-2001-ed.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="333" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A copy of the First Edition of <i>NODE</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Release number</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Dictionary</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">1 August 2010</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">Oxford University Press</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">2112</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0199571123" title="Special:BookSources/978-0199571123">978-0199571123</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Second Edition </i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Oxford Dictionary of English</b></i> (<i><b>ODE</b></i>) is a single-volume English <a href="/wiki/Dictionary" title="Dictionary">dictionary</a> published by <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, first published in 1998 as <i><b>The New Oxford Dictionary of English</b></i> (<i><b>NODE</b></i>). The word "new" was dropped from the title with the Second Edition in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-hughes_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hughes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dictionary is not based on the <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i> (OED) – it is a separate dictionary which strives to represent faithfully 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 "<a href="/wiki/Vuvuzela" title="Vuvuzela">vuvuzela</a>". </p><p>It is currently the largest single-volume English-language dictionary published by Oxford University Press, but is much smaller than the comprehensive <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>, which is published in multiple volumes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editorial_principles_and_practices">Editorial principles and practices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford_Dictionary_of_English&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Editorial principles and practices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first editor, Judy Pearsall, wrote in the introduction that it is based on a modern understanding of <a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">language</a> and is derived from a <a href="/wiki/Corpus_linguistics" title="Corpus linguistics">corpus</a> of contemporary English usage. For example, the editors did not discourage <a href="/wiki/Split_infinitive" title="Split infinitive">split infinitives</a>, but instead justified their use in some contexts. The first edition was based on bodies of texts such as the <a href="/wiki/British_National_Corpus" title="British National Corpus">British National Corpus</a> and the citation <a href="/wiki/Database" title="Database">database</a> of the Oxford Reading Programme. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The dictionary "views the language from the perspective that English is a world language", and includes coverage of English usage from the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Pronunciations of common, everyday words were omitted.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">International Phonetic Alphabet</a> (IPA) is used to present pronunciations, which are based on <a href="/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" title="Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Second Edition added over 3,000 new words, senses and phrases drawn from the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Corpus" title="Oxford English Corpus">Oxford English Corpus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hughes_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hughes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/New_Oxford_American_Dictionary" title="New Oxford American Dictionary">New Oxford American Dictionary</a></i> is the American version of the <i>Oxford Dictionary of English</i>, with substantial editing and uses a <a href="/wiki/Pronunciation_respelling_for_English" title="Pronunciation respelling for English">diacritical respelling scheme</a> rather than the IPA system.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The third editions of both texts were published in 2010, and form the basis of the ongoing electronic versions of the dictionaries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Both are edited by Angus Stevenson, who contributed to the first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford_Dictionary_of_English&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oxford_University_Press_dictionaries,_W.H._Smith,_Enfield.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Oxford_University_Press_dictionaries%2C_W.H._Smith%2C_Enfield.jpg/220px-Oxford_University_Press_dictionaries%2C_W.H._Smith%2C_Enfield.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Oxford_University_Press_dictionaries%2C_W.H._Smith%2C_Enfield.jpg/330px-Oxford_University_Press_dictionaries%2C_W.H._Smith%2C_Enfield.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Oxford_University_Press_dictionaries%2C_W.H._Smith%2C_Enfield.jpg/440px-Oxford_University_Press_dictionaries%2C_W.H._Smith%2C_Enfield.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Oxford University Press dictionaries at W.H. Smith, London</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_New_Oxford_Dictionary_of_English"><i>The New Oxford Dictionary of English</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford_Dictionary_of_English&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The New Oxford Dictionary of English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>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. <ul><li>Hardcover+CD edition (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-861263-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-861263-X">0-19-861263-X</a>/<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-861263-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-861263-6">978-0-19-861263-6</a>): <ul><li>1st? impression (1998-09-??)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Foreign_Language_Education_Press" title="Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press">Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press</a> paperback edition (新牛津英语辞典) (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/7810800655" title="Special:BookSources/7810800655">7810800655</a>/<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-7810800655" title="Special:BookSources/978-7810800655">978-7810800655</a>) <ul><li>1st? impression (2000-01-01)</li> <li>?th impression (2001-8-2)</li></ul></li> <li>CD edition (<i>The New Oxford Dictionary Of English</i> on CD-ROM) (ASIN B00004UCXV): <ul><li>1st? impression (2000-07-19)</li></ul></li> <li>CD edition (<i>The Pop-Up New Oxford Dictionary Of English</i>): Includes iFinger version 2.0. <ul><li>1st? impression (2000-07-19)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Oxford_Dictionary_of_English"><i>New Oxford Dictionary of English</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford_Dictionary_of_English&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New Oxford Dictionary of English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>New edition <ul><li>Hardcover edition (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-860441-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-860441-6">0-19-860441-6</a>/<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-860441-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-860441-9">978-0-19-860441-9</a>): <ul><li>1st? impression (2001-10-01)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oxford_Dictionary_of_English"><i>Oxford Dictionary of English</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford_Dictionary_of_English&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Oxford Dictionary of English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Second Edition – 2003<sup id="cite_ref-attack_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-attack-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Second Edition, Revised – 2005<sup id="cite_ref-attack_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-attack-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hughes_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hughes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>hardcover edition (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-861057-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-861057-2">0-19-861057-2</a>)</li> <li>Kindle edition (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-861347-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-861347-4">0-19-861347-4</a>/<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-861347-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-861347-3">978-0-19-861347-3</a>/ASIN B0047T86G0) <ul><li>?th impression (2010-10-19)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Third edition: The Third Edition is available online via <a href="/wiki/OxfordDictionaries.com" class="mw-redirect" title="OxfordDictionaries.com">Oxford Dictionaries Online</a>, as well as in print.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The online version is updated every three months.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oxford Dictionaries Online also includes the <i>New Oxford American Dictionary</i>, <i>Oxford Thesaurus of English</i>, <i>Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus</i> and grammar and usage resources.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The online version added more than 80,000 words from the OED in August 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-attack_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-attack-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Hardcover edition (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-957112-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-957112-0">0-19-957112-0</a>/<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-957112-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-957112-3">978-0-19-957112-3</a>): Includes 12-month access to Oxford Dictionaries Online. <ul><li>1st? impression (2010-09-15)</li></ul></li> <li>Android version: Published by <a href="/wiki/MobiSystems" title="MobiSystems">MobiSystems</a>, Inc. Premium version includes unlimited dictionary use, audio pronunciation, regular content updates, offline mode, priority support, ad-free experience. <ul><li>Version 7.1.191 (2016): Support for Android 7. Improved Camera search and support for 18 new languages.</li> <li>Version 9.1.284 (2017): The latest Oxford word database, fully optimized support for Android 8, integrated look-up feature from other Android apps, audio optimization - smaller audio files size.</li> <li>Version 10.0.399 (2018): Android 9 support and introduction of offline mode.</li> <li>Version 11.2.546 (2019): Support for Android 10. Contains the latest 2019 Oxford University Press word database and improved audio pronunciation quality.</li> <li>Version 11.7.712 (2020): The latest 2020 Oxford University Press word database. New dictionary entries, multiple-select in Favourites, more than 50 words in Recent list.</li></ul></li> <li>iOS version: Published by MobiSystems, Inc. Premium version includes unlimited dictionary use, audio pronunciation, regular content updates, offline mode, priority support, ad-free experience. <ul><li>Version 10.0.6 (2017): The latest Oxford University Word Database. Audio optimization - smaller audio files, 4 new colorful themes.</li> <li>Version 10.0.10 (2018): Includes the newest version of the Oxford University Press audio database.</li> <li>Version 11.2.2 (2019): Support for iOS 13. New 2019 Oxford University word database.</li> <li>Version 12.4.191 (2020): The latest 2020 Oxford University Word Database. New dictionary entries, improved quality of audio pronunciation.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oxford_Dictionaries_of_English_and_Concise_Oxford_Thesaurus"><i>Oxford Dictionaries of English and Concise Oxford Thesaurus</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford_Dictionary_of_English&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Oxford Dictionaries of English and Concise Oxford Thesaurus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is a compilation that includes <i>Oxford Dictionaries of English and Concise Oxford Thesaurus</i>. </p> <ul><li>3rd edition <ul><li>Android version: Published by MobiSystems, Inc. Premium version includes offline mode, priority support, ad-free experience. <ul><li>Version 7.1.191 (2016): Support for Android 7. Improved Camera search.</li> <li>Version 9.1.284 (2017): Fully optimized support for Android 8. Improved search speed and integrated look-up feature from other Android apps.</li> <li>Version 10.0.409 (2018): Android 9 support and introduction of offline mode.</li> <li>Version 11.0.504 (2019): Updated word database and improved audio pronunciation quality.</li> <li>Version 11.4.607 (2020): The latest 2020 Oxford University Press word database.</li></ul></li> <li>iOS version: Published by MobiSystems, Inc. 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"Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition)". <i>Reference Reviews</i>. <b>18</b> (4): 36–37. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1108%2F09504120410535407">10.1108/09504120410535407</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Reference+Reviews&rft.atitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+English+%282nd+edition%29&rft.volume=18&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=36-37&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1108%2F09504120410535407&rft.aulast=Hughes&rft.aufirst=H.G.A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOxford+Dictionary+of+English" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"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", <i>The New Oxford Dictionary of English</i>, Oxford University Press, 1998, ed. 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