new and interesting in a way that is different from anything that has existed before; able to produce new and interesting ideas.

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, originally started in 1902 and completed in 1933, is an abridgement of the full work that retains the historical focus, ...

Belonging to the beginning or earliest stage of something; existing at or from the first; earliest, first in time. original sin: see Compounds C.2. c1350 (a1333).

The following is a brief history of the Oxford English Dictionary, detailing key events since the initial proposal in 1857.

a document, work of art, etc. produced for the first time, from which copies are later made. This painting is a copy; the original is in Madrid.

a document, work of art, etc. produced for the first time, from which copies are later made. This painting is a copy; the original is in Madrid.

25 окт. 2024 г. · The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), definitive historical dictionary of the English language, originally consisting of 12 volumes and a 1-volume supplement.

8 апр. 2020 г. · The original Oxford English Dictionary took seven decades and the help of thousands of people across the world to create.

19 окт. 2023 г. · On February 1, 1884, editors published the first volume of what would become the Oxford English Dictionary.

24 нояб. 2009 г. · February 1, 1884: The first portion, or fascicle, of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), considered the most comprehensive and accurate dictionary of the ...