Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed. 2009)
Number of headwords:
2655. Number of entries: 2655.
Compiled for ABBYY Lingvo x5 Файлы словаря и сокращений к нему (расширение *.lsd) необходимо поместить в папку C:\ProgramData\ABBYY\Lingvo\15.0\Dic\System. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) является самым большим словарем английского языка. Работа над ним началась в 1857 г., свое название он приобрел в 1928 г., когда было выпущено его полное издание в десяти томах, а в 1989 г. вышло его второе издание в двадцати томах. Согласно Книге рекордов Гиннесса этот словарь стал наиболее полным одноязычным словарем в мире.по состоянию на 24 марта 2011 г., когда было закончено третье издание, описывающее около 750 000 слов, The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of inteational English language sources. This edition comprises the full text of the OED 2nd Edition, plus the three Additions volumes, as well as 7,000 new entries from the OED's continuing research. The OED has a unique historical focus. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of sources worldwide - literary, scholarly, technical, and popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin and Isabella Beeton. Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions; detailed information on pronunciation using the Inteational Phonetic Alphabet; listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history; extensive treatment of etymology; and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics. The 20 volume Oxford English Dictionary is an unrivalled guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words. The Dictionary traces the evolution of over 600,000 words from across the English-speaking world through 2.5 million quotations. Historical in focus, each of the OED's entries contain the word's earliest known use, as well as later examples which help plot the word's subsequent development in English. Its quotations are taken from a broad range of English language sources - from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
Number of headwords:
2655. Number of entries: 2655.
Compiled for ABBYY Lingvo x5 Файлы словаря и сокращений к нему (расширение *.lsd) необходимо поместить в папку C:\ProgramData\ABBYY\Lingvo\15.0\Dic\System. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) является самым большим словарем английского языка. Работа над ним началась в 1857 г., свое название он приобрел в 1928 г., когда было выпущено его полное издание в десяти томах, а в 1989 г. вышло его второе издание в двадцати томах. Согласно Книге рекордов Гиннесса этот словарь стал наиболее полным одноязычным словарем в мире.по состоянию на 24 марта 2011 г., когда было закончено третье издание, описывающее около 750 000 слов, The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of inteational English language sources. This edition comprises the full text of the OED 2nd Edition, plus the three Additions volumes, as well as 7,000 new entries from the OED's continuing research. The OED has a unique historical focus. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of sources worldwide - literary, scholarly, technical, and popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin and Isabella Beeton. Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions; detailed information on pronunciation using the Inteational Phonetic Alphabet; listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history; extensive treatment of etymology; and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics. The 20 volume Oxford English Dictionary is an unrivalled guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words. The Dictionary traces the evolution of over 600,000 words from across the English-speaking world through 2.5 million quotations. Historical in focus, each of the OED's entries contain the word's earliest known use, as well as later examples which help plot the word's subsequent development in English. Its quotations are taken from a broad range of English language sources - from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.