Shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles.
by William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson
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An updated edition of the reference work for modern English. The text is based on the 20-volume "Oxford English Dictionary" and manages more than one third of the coverage of the OED in one tenth of the size. It contains more than half a million definitions and illustrative quotations. The new edition incorporates a complete vocabulary update with over 3500 new words and meanings, and many new illustrative quotations from modern authors. In total there are over 83,000 illustrative quotations from 7000 authors. There is extensive coverage of scientific and technical English as well as English from around the world. The dictionary is written on historical principles: entries show the historical development of words by listing meanings chronologically and giving datings for the first use of each sense.
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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
March 2004, Oxford University Press
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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Fifth Edition (Thumb Indexed, 2 Volumes)
August 15, 2002, Oxford University Press, USA
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Shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles.
2002, Oxford University Press
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- 5th ed. / [editors, William R. Trumble, Angus Stevenson].
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Editor-in-chief, Lesley Brown.
Rev. ed. of: The new shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. 1993.
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