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The dictionary draws on the two-billion-word Oxford English Corpus and the unrivaled citation files of the world-renowned Oxford English Dictionary to provide the most accurate and richly descriptive picture of American English ever offered in any dictionary. The Third Edition offers a thoroughly updated text, with revisions throughout. Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary (1995) 5th Edn, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Oxford English Dictionary (1933) Oxford University Press, Oxford. (1992) Technopoly: The surrender of culture to technology. Knopf, New York. The Oxford Dictionaries API gives you access to our world-renowned dictionary data, including definitions, translations, synonyms, and audio pronunciations. We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. The largest dictionary of the English language, edited in Oxford and originally issued in instalments between 1884 and 1928. The OED was edited by Sir James Murray from its inception in 1879 until his death in 1915. The largest and most trusted free online dictionary for learners of British and American English with definitions, pictures, example sentences, synonyms, antonyms, word origins, audio pronunciation, and more. Look up the meanings of words, abbreviations, phrases, and idioms in our free English Dictionary.

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