OED
pronunciation
How to pronounce OED in British English:
UK [ˌəʊ i: ˈdi:]
How to pronounce OED in American English:
US [ˌoʊ]
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- Noun:
- an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
Word Origin
- OED
- initialism (acronym) of Oxford English Dictionary, attested from 1898, according to the "Oxford English Dictionary."
Example
- 1. This according to the oed was the first occurrence of paparazzi in english .
- 2. One can easily imagine a japanese surfer keeping the oed window permanently open to help him navigate an alien language .
- 3. Wells predicted that the oed would be bursting with a quarter of a million words defined .
- 4. It is his work that is still reflected in the current oed entry .
- 5. Such is indeed the case with the oed second edition .