Oxford dictionary of English.
Contributors: Soanes, Catherine.; Stevenson, Angus.
Edition: 2nd ed. / edited by Catherine Soanes, Angus Stevenson.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2088
Subjects: English language -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Other titles: New Oxford dictionary of English.
Description: "The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), like its abridged version, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, is written on historical principles and traces the development of each word's meaning and form from its first appearance in English. Oxford's other English dictionaries, following the style of the ground-breaking New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998), present words according to their use and frequency in modern English."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: The new Oxford dictionary of English / edited by Judy Pearsall ; chief editor, Patrick Hanks. 2001.