Release notes: etymology summaries
From December 2015 onwards, we have begun adding some new material at the beginning of the etymology section for each OED entry. This comprises a short statement of the etymological…
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Release notes: audio pronunciations in OED Online
Audio for British and American pronunciations has been added to OED. The process of creating all the recordings required to provide this has been a major project over the last…
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Release notes: new features in OED Online
The December 2015 update of OED Online sees three major new features introduced to the site: audio pronunciations, word frequency marking, and short etymological summaries. Although we augment and refresh…
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New words notes December 2015
‘More new words? No way.’ ‘Yes way!’ It’s December, and time for another quarterly update to the Oxford English Dictionary. Fully revised and expanded entries for major items like control, fire,…
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