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1. Oxford English dictionary [electronic resource].

   Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2000]-

   The online Dictionary contains the complete A to Z sequence of the Second Edition, its three-volume Additions Series, and also draft material from the revision programme, which represents the latest progress towards the Third Edition. More revised and new entries will be added to the online Dictionary every quarter, and these will eventually cumulate to form the complete new edition.

   Online www.oed.com

2. Oxford English dictionary. Additions series

   Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

   The second in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, OED Additions Volume 2 contains, 3,000 new words and meanings presented in OED style, and represents work-in-progress from across the alphabetic range. Its contents include: 3,000 new words and senses; cumulative index of volumes 1 and 2; world coverage of English including the UK (exclusion order), North America (enrollee), and Australia (grummet), a wide variety of subjects, including science (superstring), literary theory (epiphanic), and sport (strokeless); all registers of English, including colloquial (everyplace) and slang (dweeb); full historical documentation, and dates of first appearance.This is the first of three volumes in a major series supplementing the acclaimed Second Edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary". Each volume contains 3,000 new words and meanings presented in the style of the "OED", representing a variety of work-in-progress from across the alphabetical range, covering words and meanings that have recently entered the language as well as the results of further research on items already included. With over 12,000 illustrative quotations showing the evolution of each word or meaning, these volumes are not only testimony to the continual development of our living language, but also a compelling browse. It includes words from around the world, such as: Britain - assisted place, steaming; North America - metroplex, statie; Australia - boatie, rego; New Zealand - patete, spiker; South Africa - Broederbond, patha patha; Caribbean - ping-wing, Ras. It provides a wide coverage of subjects, including: Politics - Broad Left; Medicine - burstectomy; Broadcasting - squarial; Computing - Unix; Natural History - nectarivore; Literature - narratology; Science - quasicrystal, bijection; Ecology - biohazardous; and Sport - bases-loaded, forkball. It also includes new loan-words, such as: shuriken (Japanese); Shoah (Hebrew); pisteur (French); and norteamericano (Spanish). It also provides the details of first appearance, such as: best boy (1937); Pasionara (1969); prodrug (1968); muesli belt (1981); and sous vide (1986).

3. Oxford English dictionary. Additions series

   Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993-1997.

   Volume 3 contains 3,000 new words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK (council tax, Estuary English), North America (affluential, bully pulpit, road-kill), the Caribbean (merino, zouk), Australia (amphometer, beardie), New Zealand (Labour weekend, mokopuna), India (garam masala), the Pacific (arjun), and South Africa (kalkoentjie, Malanite). ubjects covered include politics (linkage, Citizen's Charter), education (National Curriculum), cookery (ciabatta, Quorn), broadcasting (bi-media), literary criticism (post-structuralism), music (bhangra, swingbeat, techno), and sport (basho, clean and jerk, matchup). This volume also features a higher number of entries in scientific fields, including medicine (lentivirus), genetics (antisense), ecology (biodiversity), astronomy (dark matter), chemistry (Orimulsion), and computing (freeware, cyberspace).The second in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, OED Additions Volume 2 contains, 3,000 new words and meanings presented in OED style, and represents work-in-progress from across the alphabetic range. Its contents include: 3,000 new words and senses; cumulative index of volumes 1 and 2; world coverage of English including the UK (exclusion order), North America (enrollee), and Australia (grummet), a wide variety of subjects, including science (superstring), literary theory (epiphanic), and sport (strokeless); all registers of English, including colloquial (everyplace) and slang (dweeb); full historical documentation, and dates of first appearance.This is the first of three volumes in a major series supplementing the acclaimed Second Edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary". Each volume contains 3,000 new words and meanings presented in the style of the "OED", representing a variety of work-in-progress from across the alphabetical range, covering words and meanings that have recently entered the language as well as the results of further research on items already included. With over 12,000 illustrative quotations showing the evolution of each word or meaning, these volumes are not only testimony to the continual development of our living language, but also a compelling browse. It includes words from around the world, such as: Britain - assisted place, steaming; North America - metroplex, statie; Australia - boatie, rego; New Zealand - patete, spiker; South Africa - Broederbond, patha patha; Caribbean - ping-wing, Ras. It provides a wide coverage of subjects, including: Politics - Broad Left; Medicine - burstectomy; Broadcasting - squarial; Computing - Unix; Natural History - nectarivore; Literature - narratology; Science - quasicrystal, bijection; Ecology - biohazardous; and Sport - bases-loaded, forkball. It also includes new loan-words, such as: shuriken (Japanese); Shoah (Hebrew); pisteur (French); and norteamericano (Spanish). It also provides the details of first appearance, such as: best boy (1937); Pasionara (1969); prodrug (1968); muesli belt (1981); and sous vide (1986).

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