URL: Oxford English Dictionary

Off-Campus URL: Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world, from North America to South Africa, from Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean. It also offers the best in etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Update Schedule: Quarterly.

Database Producer: Oxford University Press

Print version or equivalent: Oxford English Dictionary HML 3rd OVERSIZE STACKS 423 O98

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