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AbeBooks.com: Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Main edition (080) by Oxford Dictionaries and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Oxford English Dictionary 11th Edition Revised 2008 Now in print through its various editions for almost a century, the Concise Oxford English Dictionary is one of the most popular choices in Oxford’s renowned dictionary line, selected by decades of users for its up-to-date and authoritative coverage of the English language.

An interactive guide to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary The Concise Oxford Dictionary is 100 years old! To celebrate the centenary of this bestselling dictionary we have created a fascinating interactive tour charting the history of this landmark publication. Explore our interactive guide to discover the story of a dictionary that has been a trusted guide to English for millions of people, and has faithfully recorded how our language has evolved and developed over a century that saw two world wars and enormous changes in society, technology, and life. Click through the images below to read more about the history of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary. The first edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary was published in June 1911, the month of ’s coronation and a few weeks after the launching of the. A hundred years later the twelfth, centenary edition is being published in August 2011. Throughout the intervening century, with two world wars and enormous changes in society, technology, language, and life, the Concise has been a trusted guide to English for millions of people – and has faithfully recorded how our language has evolved and developed.

Click through to the next image to learn more. In the autumn of 1906, a former schoolmaster and already co-author with his brother Frank of The King’s English (OUP, May 1906), received an invitation from the Press to edit a small dictionary with his brother. It was to be based on the, which was then in preparation. At this time the OED, under its chief editor James Murray, had reached the letter M.

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It was planned that when the brothers got to parts of the alphabet as yet unpublished they could use the wealth of information already organized in the extensive OED files. Five years later, the Concise – this “small dictionary” – which had quickly overtaken the OED, was published. Click through to the next image to learn more. A has been published to mark its centenary. The Concise Oxford Dictionary was different from earlier dictionaries – it was designed as a dictionary of current English.

Fowler said that he wanted to present ‘as vivid a picture of the English that was being spoken and written at the time’. The dictionary was revolutionary for its coverage of slang and informal English.

In the preface the editors wrote ‘we admit colloquial, facetious, slang, and vulgar expressions with freedom’ Some examples of slang terms from 1911: Flapper: girl not yet out i.e., presented to society Footle: trifle, play the fool Foozle: do clumsily, bungle, make a mess of Hum: sham, hoax Piffle: talk or act feebly, trifle Slapping: very big, good, or fast Squiffer: a concertina top-hole: first-rate Click through to the next image to learn more. There was no doubt that the Fowlers had achieved a triumph. A review of the time called the book ‘a marvel of condensation, achieved by skilful hands’. The challenging process of distilling the vast OED into a much smaller format was achieved by the ‘curtest possible treatment’ of both ‘uncommon words’ and words which were ‘fitter for the encyclopaedia than the dictionary’ and by the exclusion of obsolete words, unless they were from the Bible.

The mammoth task was summarized by Henry Fowler’s letter of May 1907 where he wrote that ‘the perpetual struggle between the quart and the pint pot is having serious effects on our literary style and the color sic of our hair; but we are maintaining it gallantly.’ The great dictionary begun in 1884 was finally completed in 1928, seventeen years after the Concise. Click through to the next image to learn more.

In 1911 the text of the dictionary was typed or handwritten on paper and then designed and typeset using a separate piece of metal type for each letter. One-piece plates (‘’) were then created from the type, and the pages of the book were printed from the plates. Changes to the printed text were extremely costly, since new plates had to be made. So, for this reason revised editions of the Concise were published with an ‘’, an A–Z section of new words and phrases printed at the end of the main text. Click through to the next image to learn more.

Over the next five decades the Concise was updated regularly and saw five new editions. But the dictionary was still essentially Fowler’s dictionary, with the addition of some new words and phrases. For the sixth edition work on the dictionary was brought in-house at OUP’s headquarters. Rather than being compiled by a single editor, the book had several editors who now worked even more closely with the OED editorial team. This meant they could benefit from the active, to identify and collect quotations for new words and phrases, which is still a key feature of the Oxford English Dictionary project today.

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Click through to the next image to learn more. In the 1980s the dictionary was once again at the forefront of change – new methods of text management and production had been developed and the Concise was one of the first titles for which material was keyed into PCs and stored electronically rather than on handwritten slips of paper. Soon after this a brand new dictionary – the Oxford Dictionary of English – was created. This was the first dictionary to be fully based on evidence of how language is really used – using a huge database of evidence – a. Find out more about the development of the. The tenth edition of the Concise was derived from this new dictionary of current English rather than from previous editions of the Concise. A dictionary is the natural choice and place to turn to for help and inspiration for puzzles and spelling competitions, and the Concise has a long history of association with word games.

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In the 1930s were held based on its contents. The flyer in the image above is for a Spelling Bee, to be held at the Palace, Reading, c.1933. And in 1982 the Concise was the authority for Countdown’s Dictionary Corner’ when the programme was first launched. The photograph shows Susie Dent with guest Nigel Rees and the Concise in ‘ Dictionary Corner on the programme. Taking us forward to the next 100 years The dictionary has recently seen even more changes. Now titled the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, it is now edited online, which means that the dictionary database can be updated by editors all over the world.

And lexicographers continue to deploy modern linguistic theory and the latest technology including the to monitor and record our changing language. Judy Pearsall reflects on the Concise in today’s world: And yet, despite the newness of the lexical approach and the newness of the text, the essential character of the Concise OED—brief, unfussy, practical definitions for all the core words and meanings in English—remains, and flourishes today in this centenary 12th edition.’.

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the most popular dictionary of its kind and is noted for its clear, concise definitions as well as its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the vocabulary of the English-speaking world. Available in both British & American voice versions, this dictionary consists of over 50,000 audio pronunciations of both common and rare words, including words with controversial pronunciation or with variant pronunciations. The Most Popular Dictionary Worldwide:.

Over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, covering technical and scientific vocabulary as well as English from around the world. Hundreds of new words and phrases, based on the latest research from the Oxford English Corpus. Hundreds of usage notes on tricky vocabulary and grammar usage. 50,000 audio pronunciations. NEW! Translate words in any other Android app with the Tap to Translate feature, and do it in style with any of the four colorful new themes.

Also includes advanced search and language tools that have become the staple of quality language apps from MobiSystems, Inc. SEARCH TOOLS - effortlessly find words thanks to a clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface. Designed to provide the most comprehensive search experience the dictionary combines several search tools to match or suggest what you are looking for, including:. Search autocomplete helps find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type.

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