He worked on it until his death in 1922, after which the dictionary was completed by H.
The first editor, William Little, was appointed in 1902. Publication history: The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary was envisaged from the beginning as an abridgement of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
For scholars and those with a serious interest in the English language, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is an unrivalled resource for the study of the development and use of Modern English. All major words used in English after 1700, as well as all the words in Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser's Faerie Queene, and the King James Bible, are included many rare and obsolete words are also defined. The Dictionary is written on historical principles: entries show the historical development of words by listing meanings chronologically and giving datings for the first use of each sense. There is extensive coverage of scientific and technical English as well as English from around the world. In total there are over 83,000 illustrative quotations from 7,000 authors.
#The shorter oxford english dictionary update
This new edition incorporates a complete vocabulary update with over 3,500 new words and meanings, and many new illustrative quotations from modern authors. Its innovative design makes this vast amount of information easy to consult, and especially makes the fascinating illustrative quotations identifiable in their surrounding text. The Fifth Edition contains more than half a million definitions in its 3792 pages. The text is based on the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary and, in fact, the Shorter manages more than one third of the coverage of the OED in one tenth of the size. The Fifth Edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is a complete update of the most authoritative reference work for modern English.
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