Oxford English Dictionary

Summary

Oxford English Dictionary is an online dictionary^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of online_dictionary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,080 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Oxford English Dictionary authored John Simpson^[3].
• Oxford English Dictionary authored Edmund Weiner^[4].
• Oxford English Dictionary authored James Murray^[5].
• Oxford English Dictionary is in the country of United Kingdom^[6].
• Oxford English Dictionary's image is recorded as Oxford English Dictionary 2nd.jpg^[7].
• Oxford English Dictionary's image is recorded as OED2 volumes.jpg^[8].
• Oxford English Dictionary's instance of is recorded as online dictionary^[9].
• Oxford English Dictionary's instance of is recorded as dictionary of the English language^[10].
• Oxford English Dictionary's instance of is recorded as historical dictionary^[11].
• Oxford English Dictionary's publisher is recorded as Oxford University Press^[12].
• Oxford English Dictionary's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 179862099^[13].
• Oxford English Dictionary's GND ID is recorded as 4185017-8^[14].
• Oxford English Dictionary's OCLC number is recorded as 17648714^[15].
• Oxford English Dictionary's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85201132^[16].
• Oxford English Dictionary's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12264507s^[17].
• Oxford English Dictionary's IdRef ID is recorded as 031429297^[18].
• Oxford English Dictionary's place of publication is recorded as Oxford^[19].
• Oxford English Dictionary's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00990382^[20].
• Oxford English Dictionary's language of work or name is recorded as English^[21].
• Oxford English Dictionary's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom^[22].
• Oxford English Dictionary's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05nvw^[23].
• Oxford English Dictionary's Open Library ID is recorded as OL18229428W^[24].
• Oxford English Dictionary's has edition or translation is recorded as The Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition on CD-ROM, Version 4.0)^[25].
• Oxford English Dictionary's has edition or translation is recorded as The Oxford English dictionary (2nd Edition, 1989)^[26].
• Oxford English Dictionary's official website is recorded as https://oed.com^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include John Simpson^[3], a lexicographer^[28], b. 1953^[29], of United Kingdom^[30], awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire^[31]; Edmund Weiner^[4], a lexicographer^[32], b. 1950^[33], of United Kingdom^[34]; and James Murray^[5], a lexicographer^[35], 1837–1915^[36], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[37], awarded the Fellow of the British Academy^[38], specialised in lexicography^[39].

Why It Matters

Oxford English Dictionary ranks in the top 6% of online_dictionary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,080 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]