Shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles.
Contributors: Trumble, William R.; Stevenson, Angus.; Brown, Lesley.
Edition: 5th ed. / [editors, William R. Trumble, Angus Stevenson].
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 3750
Subjects: English language -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Other titles: New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles.
Description: 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.
Notes: Editor-in-chief, Lesley Brown.
Rev. ed. of: The new shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. 1993.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A-M; title: v. 2. N-Z.