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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), published by the Oxford University Press, is a dictionary of the English language. Two fully-bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989. , the editors had completed the third edition from M to rococoesque.
informal exclamation used to comment on a foolish action
Oxford Dictionary 1998

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(online searching) Using an online resource, such as a database, to find citations, abstracts, or full-text articles on a subject.
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Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, Version 4.0 (Windows & Mac)

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the English Language, defining more than 500,000 words and tracing their usage through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of literary and other sources. The text on the CD-ROM 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.

Most importantly, OED v4.0 on CD-ROM boasts superb search-and-retrieval software, designed specifically for the electronic version, enabling you to investigate the Dictionary in ways not possible with the print edition. Questions which might have taken years of patient research can now be answered in seconds.

Existing functionality retained from earlier versions includes:

· Installation to the hard drive, so the CD is not required during use of the Dictionary

· Options to customize the entry display and show or hide pronunciations, spellings, etymology, and quotation text

· Flexible full text search options, with search filters and an option to rank entries and search results alphabetically or by date

New to this version:

· Now compatible for Mac users as well as PC users

· Now compatible for Windows 7 operating system

· Flash-base

· Smoother and faster performance providing instantaneous search results

· New word-wheel which supports incremental letter-by-letter browsing

· 7,000 new words and meanings

System Requirements
Windows: Intel Pentium 4 1.6GHz processor or equivalent (2GHz recommended); Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000.
Macintosh: Power PC G4 867MHz or faster processor; Intel Core Duo 2.13GHz or faster processor; Mac OS X v.10.4x or 10.5x.
All platforms: 512MB of RAM; 1Gb free hard disk space; minimum monitor capability: 1024 x 768 pixels and high color (16 bits per pixel, ie 65,536 colors); local CD-ROM/DVD drive (for installation); runs from hard drive only.

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Oxford online Reference Premium package now available through Alachua County Library District’s website. A one-stop database for information on most subjects. High-quality entries include bilingual dictionaries and reference works in art, science, history, religion, literature, medicine, politics, quotations, and much more.

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The Oxford English Dictionary is now available online through the Alachua County Library District’s website. The definitive record of the English language. Find definitions, usage, extensive histories, pronunciation, and much more.

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Produced by Oxford’s American Dictionaries Program, and drawing on the expertise of scores of American scholars and advisors, The New Oxford American Dictionary sets the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country.

Here is the most accurate and richly descriptive picture of American English ever offered in any dictionary. Oxford’s American editors drew on our 200-million-word databank of contemporary North American English, plus the unrivaled citation files of the world-renowned Oxford English Dictionary. We started with American evidence — an unparalleled resource unique to Oxford. Our staff logged more than 50 editor-years, checking every entry and every definition. Oxford’s ongoing North American Reading Program, begun in the early 1980s, keeps our lexicographers in touch with fresh evidence of our language and usage–in novels and newspapers, in public records and magazines, and on-line, too.

To provide unprecedented clarity, the entries are organized around core meanings, reflecting the way people think about words and eliminating the clutter and confusion of a traditional dictionary entry. Each entry plainly shows the major meaning or meanings of the word, plus any related senses, arranged in intuitive constellations of connected meanings. Definitions are supplemented by illustrative, in-context examples of actual usage.

This major new edition of The New Oxford American Dictionary includes a guide to the pronunciations on every page, a new etymology essay by Anatoly Liberman, completely updated and revised maps, and more than a thousand new entries, covering everything new in our language from low-carb to warblog and beyond .

The New Oxford American Dictionary is designed to serve the user clearly, simply, and quickly, with the precise guidance you expect from Oxford University Press. With in-depth and up-to-date coverage that all users need and expect — for reading and study, for technical terms, for language guidance — it continues the tradition of scholarship and lexicographic excellence that are the hallmarks of every Oxford dictionary.
Features:
250,000 entries and definitions — with more than 2,000 new entries in this edition
The most accurate and richly descriptive picture of American English ever offered in any dictionary
Provides unprecedented clarity in which the entries are organized around core meanings, reflecting the way people think about words and eliminating the clutter and confusion of a traditional dictionary entry
Each entry shows the major meaning or meanings of the word, plus any related senses, arranged in intuitive constellations of connected meanings
Definitions are supplemented by illustrative, in-context examples of actual usage