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The
Oxford Dictionary of English (formerly
The New Oxford Dictionary of English, often abbreviated to NODE) is a single-volume
English language dictionary first published in
1998 by
Oxford University Press. This dictionary isn't based on the
Oxford English Dictionary and shouldn't be mistaken for a new or updated version of the OED. It is a completely new dictionary which strives to represent as faithfully as possible the current usage of
English words.
The latest edition (2005) contains 355,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including biographical references. It is at present the largest
single-volume English-language dictionary published by Oxford.
First edition (1998)
The first editor,
Judy Pearsall, wrote in the introduction that it's based on a modern understanding of
language and is derived from a
corpus of contemporary English usage. For example, the editors didn't advocate against
split infinitives, but instead justified their use in some contexts. A more unusual decision was to omit pronunciations of common, everyday words, contrary to the practice of most large dictionaries.
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