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  1. A comprehensive dictionary of the English language published by Oxford University Press, considered something of a gold standard for dictionaries. Abbreviated OED.
    • 1983 February 24, Penguin Classics (publisher), Selected Tales, preface
      ...the initiation of the great Deutsches Wörterbuch, the many volumes of which were not completed by later scholars until 1961 and which has become the equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary.
    • 2000, Steven A. Benner et al., "Functional inferences from reconstructed evolutionary biology involving rectified databases—an evolutionarily grounded approach to functional genomics", Research in Microbiology, volume 151, part 2
      The indexing makes possible not only the easy retrieval of genetic data (much as an index allows the retrieval of data from the Oxford English Dictionary), but also the comparison of genetic data within the database.
    • 2001, Archives of Dermatology
      Sad to say, until a dictionary of dermatology equivalent to the Oxford English Dictionary comes into being, dermatology will forever be a twiglike imposter, rather than an authentic branch of knowledge.

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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), published by the Oxford University Press, is a comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Two fully-bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989. As of December 2008, the editors had completed one quarter of a third edition.

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Mon Mar 8 20:23:55 2010

can anyone tell me the definition of white elephant in the english oxford dictionary?
Q. i need the oxford definition and don't have the dictionary handy. it costs money to access it online. any help is appreciated.
Asked by leah.cole - Mon Sep 18 18:22:18 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Definition of White Elephant is slang for property or a business that is so costly to maintain or operate that it is impossible to make a profit
Answered by sexylittlemisstweetybird83 - Mon Sep 18 18:25:44 2006

The oxford English dictionary says that "communicate"means "to have a common door with".What does it mean?
Q. The oxford English dictionary says that "communicate"means "to have a common door with".What does it mean?
Asked by want_to_know - Thu May 31 20:56:44 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Do you have a source for this? My OED (granted it's not the new edition) has nothing like this. The root meaning of "communicate" is seen in the related words "common" and "communion". It''s first reference is to SHARING something with another. Nothing to do with "doors". ___ Another thing to be aware of If what you are referring to is the HISTORY or etymology of the word, you must be very careful. Words change their meaning over time, and it is not accurate to say that a word you are using "means" something it may have meant centuries ago if it is no longer used that way. For example, the word "nice" comes from Latin for "ignorant". When the word was first borrowed into English you might have used it that way. But it does… [cont.]
Answered by bruhaha - Fri Jun 1 11:30:04 2007

Since Obama won; I am throwing away my Oxford English Dictionary and quitting my job?
Q. Where do i bes signin' up for ma free bling n house n gas n heff care n stuff?
Asked by E=MC2 - Wed Nov 5 00:14:38 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Im going to stand by my mailbox and wait for welfare check!
Answered by asdfjkl - Wed Nov 5 00:22:54 2008

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