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‘go’
Often some of the shortest words in English can carry the most weight, and these are the ones most likely to cause headaches for lexicographers. The OED’s original editor James…
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Shakespeare in the OED
The works of Shakespeare (1564–1616) are more widely quoted in OED than those of any other author, and they pose questions for lexicographers and bibliographers concerning date and location. Treatment…
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Release notes: the Luck of Eden Hall
Sense 3b of the noun luck refers to ‘An object or (occasionally) person on which the prosperity of a family or community is believed to depend.’ The most famous object…
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New words notes March 2016
This March’s update to oed.com finds us—as ever—with neologisms and newly researched and published entries for words and phrases from the whole history of the English language coming at us…
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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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OED Timeline Challenge
Have you seen the timeline game on the OxfordWords blog? If you have access to the OED, you can explore our OED timelines by following the guide below. If you…
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