Meet the Editors: New Words
My name is Fiona and I am responsible for putting amazeballs in the OED. When you tell people you are a lexicographer and are responsible for putting new words into…
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OED and The Climate Connection: Greenhouse classes
The Climate Connection (#TheClimateConnection) is a new podcast series from the British Council which explores the relationship between the climate crisis and language education. In partnership with Oxford University Press,…
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Quiz: Myth-busting the OED
Words come into the English language in all manner of ways. The Oxford English Dictionary’s mission is to record all of these stories, capturing their development as they continue to unfold….
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OED and The Climate Connection: Where there’s a CLIL, there’s a way
The Climate Connection (#TheClimateConnection) is a new podcast series from the British Council which explores the relationship between the climate crisis and language education. In partnership with Oxford University Press,…
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OED and The Climate Connection: language recycling
The Climate Connection (#TheClimateConnection) is a new podcast series from the British Council which explores the relationship between the climate crisis and language education. In partnership with Oxford University Press,…
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Speed read: the revision of fast and slow
Published this quarter are the revised entries for fast and slow. Although fast and slow are antonyms the entries, and those for derived words, do not exactly mirror each other,…
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Oh my days! It’s the OED June 2021 update
This quarter’s update to OED includes nearly 700 newly researched and defined entries and senses, including additions to revised ranges of words including bias, card, carry, common, fast and slow,…
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OED and The Climate Connection: speaking youth – to power
The Climate Connection (#TheClimateConnection) is a new podcast series from the British Council which explores the relationship between the climate crisis and language education. In partnership with Oxford University Press,…
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Webinar: The Oxford English Dictionary for Japanese users
The Oxford English Dictionary for Japanese users: resources to support teaching and academic research The OED is a powerful online linguistic resource, providing features, tools, and language data which are…
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OED and The Climate Connection: taking the temperature
The Climate Connection (#TheClimateConnection) is a new podcast series from the British Council which explores the relationship between the climate crisis and language education. In partnership with Oxford University Press,…
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