The concise oxford dictionary is the standard reference for English in all fields, for study, for professional use, and at home, for guidance on spelling, meaning, and all other questions of English usage and grammar
The Classic First Edition
The classic original edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, first published in 1911 in a beautifully reproduced facsimile edition with a new introductory essay by David Crystal.
Based on the Oxford English dictionary and its supplements.
This work contains sections on vocabulary, punctuation and "airs and graces" as well as contentious syntactical sections.
Based on the Oxford Dictionary
A thorough survey of current English (95,000 entries and l50,000 definitions), with extensive coverage of phrases, idioms and abbreviations, and generous treatment of scientific, technical, literary and notable archaic words.
