Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary is widely acknowledged to be the most authoritative and comprehensive record of the English language in the world,tracing the evolution and use of more than 600,000 words through 3 million quotations.

OED Online gives you not only the latest text of the full Oxford English Dictionary, but also the Historical Thesaurus of the OED, and new ways to explore the English language by searching and browsing by subject, region, usage, or language of origin

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