Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

by Oxford University Press, Lesley Brown (Editor)

Encompassing all words current in general English from 1700 to the present day, this dictionary provides more than 500,000 definitions and more than 83,000 quotations from seven thousand authors.

Genres: Reference, Language, Writing, Dictionaries, Nonfiction

3750 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of the University of Oxford, is the largest university press in the world. The university became involved in printing around 1480, becoming a major source of Bibles, prayer books and scholarly works. It took on the Oxford English Dictionary project in the late 19th century, and in order to meet the ever-rising costs of the work, it expanded into publishing children's books, school text books, music, journals, and the World's Classics series. OUP is committed to major financial support of the university and to furthering the university's excellence in scholarship, research and education through its publishing.

Reviews

[Michael Donahue]

worst novel ever. No character development. after the first chapter we didn't hear anything about the chapter's main character A.

[Cody]

The only things better is the OED in its entirety!

This is my most frequent "desert-island" pick. If only I would then have someone to talk to...

[Tony]

Use Daily.

[Theresa]

i actually have and use the "concise version" but love it of course

[Andrew]

Absolutely INCREDIBLE resource.
For lovers of words and the English language