The Oxford Dictionary of English
Second edition revised
Edited by Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson
355 000 words, phrases, and definitions
The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised) is the foremost single-volume dictionary of the English language. It is at the forefront of language research, focusing on English as it is used today, and has a unique defining style, with the modern meanings of each word always placed first.
Redigert av Catherine Soanes og Angus Stevenson
355 000 oppslagsord, uttrykk og definisjoner
Oxford Dictionary of English (2. reviderte utgave) er den ledende ettbindsordboken over det engelske språk. Den er oppdatert i henhold til ny språkforskning og fokuserer på engelsk slik det brukes i dag. Ordboken har en unik oppbygging ved at den nyeste betydningen av oppslagsordet står først.
© Oxford University Press 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
© Kunnskapsforlaget
H. Aschehoug Co. (W. Nygaard) A/S og Gyldendal ASA
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Editors
| Judy Pearsall |
| Patrick Hanks |
Chief Science Editor
Associate Editors
| Georgia Hole |
| Helen Liebeck |
| Jeremy Marshall |
| Catherine Soanes |
| Angus Stevenson |
| Maurice Waite |
Editors, Word Histories
| Senior Editor: Glynnis Chantrell |
| Consultant Editor: Edmund Weiner |
Senior Editor, Animals and Plants
Senior & Senior Assistant Editors
| Catherine Bailey |
| Katrina Campbell |
| Martin Coleman |
| Lucinda Coventry |
| Chris Cowley |
| Julia Elliott |
| Sara Hawker |
| Martin Nixon |
Assistant Editors
| Louise Jones |
| Michael Lacewing |
| Alyson McGaw |
| Rachel Unsworth |
| Sandy Vaughan |
Pronunciations
For the second edition
Editors
| Catherine Soanes |
| Angus Stevenson |
Editorial Staff
| Julia Elliott |
| Sara Hawker |
| Della Thompson |
| Maurice Waite |
Corpus Development and Text Processing
Corpus Collection
Pronunciations
Editorial Assistants
| Jonathan Blaney |
| Richard Jones |
| Kate Kelly |
| Rachel Ware |
Specialist Subject Consultants
Aeronautics
American Football, Baseball, Basketball
American Indian Terms
Ancient Near East
Architecture & Building
Australian Rules Football
Ballet
Business
Chess
Computing
| Katrina Campbell |
| Alan Gay |
Costume & Textiles
Finance & Commerce
| Philip Nixon |
| Laura Phipps |
Genetics
Geography
| David Munro |
| Alisdair Rogers |
Ice Hockey
Islam
| Jonathan Birt |
| Fozia Bora |
| Kenneth Cragg |
Languages & Peoples
Law
| Folla Christie |
| Bryan Garner |
Linguistics & Grammar
Mathematics
Medicine
Military Terms
Nautical Terms
Philosophy
Statistics
World English Consultants
US English
| Frank Abate |
| Orin Hargraves |
| Elizabeth Jewell |
| Erin McKean |
| Paul Betz |
| Hannah Borgeson |
| Claude Conyers |
| Mary Jacobi |
| Katherine Kane |
| Karen Murphy |
| Daniel Radosh |
| Ellen Satrom |
| Liz Sonneborn |
| Michael Stern |
| Christine Stevens |
| Emile Thomas |
| Anita Vanca |
Australian English
Canadian English
| Katherine Barber |
| Alex Bisset |
Caribbean English
Indian English
| Sumanta Banerjee |
| Indira Chowdhury Sengupta |
| Satarupa Chaudhuri |
| Sukanta Chaudhuri |
| Harsh Sethi |
| Deeba Zafir |
Irish English
New Zealand English
Scottish English
| Christopher Bailey |
| Wylie Horn |
| Fiona McPherson |
| Michael Proffitt |
South African English
| Mary Reynolds |
| Penny Silva |
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