The Oxford English Dictionary

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Oxford_English_Dictionary
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gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:OED
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Philological_Society_project
gptkbp:book 1989
gptkbp:citation OED citation
gptkbp:contains etymologies
definitions
pronunciations
historical quotations
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:deweyDecimal 423
gptkbp:editor gptkb:James_Murray
gptkb:Charles_Onions
gptkb:Henry_Bradley
gptkb:William_Craigie
gptkbp:firstPublished 1884
gptkbp:genre reference
gptkbp:hasEntry over 600,000 words
gptkbp:hasLibraryOfCongressControlNumber 44010317
gptkbp:hasOnlineEdition since 2000
gptkbp:hasQuotationCount over 3 million quotations
gptkbp:hasSupplement gptkb:OED_Supplement_(1972–1986)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Oxford English Dictionary
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8
gptkbp:ISSN 0030-0729
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:LCCN 44010317
gptkbp:mediaType Print
Online
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:J.R.R._Tolkien
gptkb:Frederick_Furnivall
gptkb:William_Chester_Minor
gptkb:Charlotte_Yonge
gptkb:Edward_Augustus_Freeman
gptkb:W.C._Minor
gptkbp:notableFor comprehensive historical record of English
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes 20
gptkbp:OCLC 17648714
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:A_New_English_Dictionary_on_Historical_Principles
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Johnson's_Dictionary
gptkb:Webster's_Dictionary
gptkb:Richardson's_Dictionary
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Oxford_University_Press
gptkbp:purpose documenting the historical development of English
gptkbp:subject gptkb:English_language
lexicography
etymology
history of English
gptkbp:thirdEditionInProgress true
gptkbp:updated regularly online
quarterly online
gptkbp:uses historical principles
gptkbp:website https://www.oed.com/
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gptkb:Longmans,_Green_and_Co.
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