ISBN10: 0198611862, ISBN13: 9780198611868, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. The OED has a unique historical focus. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of international sources - literary, scholarly, technical, popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare and Raymond Chandler, Charles Darwin and John Le Carre. In all, nearly 2.5 million quotations can be found in the OED. Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions of over 500,000 words; detailed information on pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet; listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history; extensive treatment of etymology; and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics (including geographical origins). The ultimate authority on the usage and meaning of English words and phrases, unparalleled in its accuracy and comprehensiveness, The Oxford English Dictionary is the supreme reference work for ...

ISBN10: 0198611862, ISBN13: 9780198611868, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. The OED has a unique historical focus. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of international sources - literary, scholarly, technical, popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare and Raymond Chandler, Charles Darwin and John Le Carre. In all, nearly 2.5 million quotations can be found in the OED. Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions of over 500,000 words; detailed information on pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet; listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history; extensive treatment of etymology; and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics (including geographical origins). The ultimate authority on the usage and meaning of English words and phrases, unparalleled in its accuracy and comprehensiveness, The Oxford English Dictionary is the supreme reference work for ...

Oxford Univ Pr 1989 2nd ed. Abridged. Hardcover New 2nd edition. 22000 pages. 13.50x10.25x67.50 inches.

ISBN10: 0198611862, ISBN13: 9780198611868, [publisher: Oxford Univ Pr] Hardcover 2nd edition. 22000 pages. 13.50x10.25x67.50 inches. In Stock.
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Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 1989. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 22000 pages. 13.50x10.25x67.50 inches. 1989. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0198611862 9780198611868 [GB]

Oxford Univ Pr 1989 2nd ed. Abridged. Hardcover New 2nd edition. 22000 pages. 13.50x10.25x67.50 inches.

ISBN10: 0198611862, ISBN13: 9780198611868, [publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS] Hardcover
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