OED

American

Or O.E.D.

Oxford English Dictionary.

OED British

abbreviation

Oxford English Dictionary

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The OED contains more than 600,000 words, making it one of the most comprehensive dictionaries in the English-speaking world.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025

OED had been looking for a similar building for nearly a decade.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

“The space could be replicated in other locations,” said Erika Lindsay, OED communications director.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

It got as far as the Supplement volume of the new OED, which is something, but not enough to assure survival.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

The first examples of ‘theory’ and ‘theorize’ in the relevant sense in OED are from 1638.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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