Oxford English Reference Dictionary (2nd edition, revised)

The dictionary element of this work is based on the Concise Oxford Dictionary (8th ed.), substantially updated and revised with the addition of some 3,000 new words and meanings. Headwords are clearly indicated in bold type, with entries giving pronunciation, parts of speech, and meaning. This is only the basic content: alternative spellings and pronunciations, different meanings, etymologies and origins, compounds, derivatives and illustrative examples are other elements of a large number of the entries – everything one expects from a standard dictionary. But there is more, much more!

“This book”, write the senior editors, “is a fully integrated reference...