Instruct: Given a question, retrieve passages that answer the question.
Query: When was the first volume of the Oxford Dictionary published?
The first dictionary fascicle was published on 1 February 1884—twenty-three years after Coleridge's sample pages. The full title was A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological Society; the 352-page volume, words from A to Ant, cost 12s 6d.[19]:251 (or about $668.24 in 2013) The total sales were only 4,000 copies.[22]:169
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology is an etymological dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press. The first editor of the dictionary was Charles Talbut Onions who spent his last twenty years largely devoted to completing "The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology" (1966), which treated over 38,000 words and went to press just before his death. Also published by OUP:
The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English is a one-volume dictionary published by Oxford University Press. It is intended for a family or upper secondary school readerships. The third edition (revised), published in 2008, has 1,264 pages, somewhat smaller than the "Concise Oxford English Dictionary", and is distinct from the "Compact" (single- and two-volume photo-reduced) editions of the multi-volume "Oxford English Dictionary".
The first edition of the dictionary is in the process of being published in six volumes. The first three bound volumes of the "KEACD" were published in 2004–2008, including “A” through “N.” As of November 2010, the remaining volumes are in the process of editing and proofreading. A total of about 250,000 words, phrases and example sentences are included in the dictionary. The main purpose served by the dictionary is to give the correct spelling, pronunciation, and precise translation into Azerbaijani of each entry. Comments are given when needed, and many words are shown in context, demonstrating their stylistic features.
One of the first dictionaries of Australian slang was Karl Lentzner's "Dictionary of the Slang-English of Australia and of Some Mixed Languages" in 1892. The first dictionary based on historical principles that covered Australian English was E. E. Morris's "Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages" (1898). In 1981, the more comprehensive "Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English" was published. Oxford University Press published their own "Australian Oxford Dictionary" in 1999, as a joint effort with the Australian National University. Oxford University Press also published "The Australian National Dictionary".
Oxford Dictionary of Biology (often abbreviated to ODB) is a multiple editions dictionary published by the English Oxford University Press. With more than 5,500 entries, it contains comprehensive information in English on topics relating to biology, biophysics, and biochemistry. The first edition was published in 1985 as "A Concise Dictionary of Biology". The seventh edition, "A Dictionary of Biology", was published in 2015 and it was edited by Robert Hine and Elizabeth Martin.
Work began on the dictionary in 1857, but it was only in 1884 that it began to be published in unbound fascicles as work continued on the project, under the name of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological Society. In 1895, the title The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) was first used unofficially on the covers of the series, and in 1928 the full dictionary was republished in ten bound volumes. In 1933, the title The Oxford English Dictionary fully replaced the former name in all occurrences in its reprinting as twelve volumes with a one-volume supplement. More supplements came over the years until 1989, when the second edition was published.[1] Since 2000, compilation of a third edition of the dictionary has been underway, approximately half of which is complete.[1]
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED) is an English language dictionary published by the Oxford University Press. The SOED is a two-volume abridgement of the twenty-volume "Oxford English Dictionary" ("OED").
The first edition was published from 1889 to 1891 by The Century Company of New York, and was describe as being "six volumes in twenty four". In 1895 a 10 volume edition was published, with the first eight volumes containing the dictionary proper, and the last two containing a biographical dictionary and a world atlas. Editions in either the 10 or 8 volume format were published in 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904. In 1901 the title and subtitle changed slightly from "The Century Dictionary; an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language" to "The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world." Further editions were published in 1906, 1909 and 1911, this time in 12 volumes each.
In 1991, for the 20-volume OED2 (1989), the compact edition format was re-sized to one-third of original linear dimensions, a nine-up ("9-up") format requiring greater magnification, but allowing publication of a single-volume dictionary. It was accompanied by a magnifying glass as before and A User's Guide to the "Oxford English Dictionary", by Donna Lee Berg.[65] After these volumes were published, though, book club offers commonly continued to sell the two-volume 1971 Compact Edition.[25]
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press. It traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and academic researchers, as well as describing usage in its many variations throughout the world.[2][3] The second edition, comprising 21,728 pages in 20 volumes, was published in 1989.
When Random House discontinued publication, Oxford University Press announced in 2003 that it would publish the two remaining volumes, "Volume 3, P – S [Part 1]", , and "Volume 4, S [Part 2] – Z". As of 2018, however, those volumes have not yet been published.
The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD) was the first advanced learner's dictionary of English. It was first published in 1948. It is the largest English-language dictionary from Oxford University Press aimed at a non-native audience. Users with a more linguistic interest, requiring etymologies or copious references, usually prefer the "Concise Oxford English Dictionary", or indeed the comprehensive "Oxford English Dictionary", or other dictionaries aimed at speakers of English with native-level competence.
Morrison's dictionary is composed of three parts or six quarto () volumes published in different years. Part I has 3 volumes with Volume I published in 1815 containing 18 pages in the preface, 930 pages in the dictionary proper, and 2 additional pages consisting of advertisements . Volume II, published in 1822, is composed of 884 pages , and Volume III, published in 1823, is composed of 908 pages . Part II has two volumes: Volume I published in 1819 contains 20 pages in the preface and 1,090 pages in the dictionary proper , and Volume II published in 1820 contains 6 pages in the preface, 178 pages in the first section, and 305 pages in the second section of the dictionary proper . Part III was published in 1822 with only one volume containing 5 pages in the preface and 480 pages in the dictionary proper .
The Pocket Oxford Dictionary of Current English was originally conceived by F. G. Fowler and H. W. Fowler to be compressed, compact, and concise. Its primary source is the Oxford English Dictionary, and it is nominally an abridgment of the Concise Oxford Dictionary. It was first published in 1924.[80]
During the 1870s, the Philological Society was concerned with the process of publishing a dictionary with such an immense scope.[1] They had pages printed by publishers, but no publication agreement was reached; both the Cambridge University Press and the Oxford University Press were approached. The OUP finally agreed in 1879 (after two years of negotiating by Sweet, Furnivall, and Murray) to publish the dictionary and to pay Murray, who was both the editor and the Philological Society president. The dictionary was to be published as interval fascicles, with the final form in four volumes, totalling 6,400 pages. They hoped to finish the project in ten years.[19]:1
In addition to his regular professional duties, he remained associated with the Urdu Dictionary Board for 17 years from 1958 to 1975, compiling a 22-volume dictionary. He compiled two other dictionaries. "Farhang-e-Talaffuz" is a pronouncing dictionary of Urdu published by the National Language Authority. The "Oxford English-Urdu Dictionary" is a translation of the eighth and ninth editions of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
It is currently the largest single-volume English-language dictionary published by Oxford University Press.
The Oxford University Press commissioned from the Fowler brothers a single-volume abridgement of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), which was published as the "Concise Oxford Dictionary" in 1911. The Concise Oxford has remained in print ever since, being regularly revised.
A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles (DAE) is a dictionary of terms appearing in English in the United States that was published in four volumes from 1938 to 1944 by the University of Chicago Press. Intended to pick up where the "Oxford English Dictionary" left off, it covers American English words and phrases in use from the first English settlements up to the start of the 20th century.
The Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE) is a single-volume English dictionary published by Oxford University Press, first published in 1998 as The New Oxford Dictionary of English (NODE). The word "new" was dropped from the title with the Second Edition in 2003. This dictionary is not based on the "Oxford English Dictionary" and should not be mistaken for a new or updated version of the OED. It is a completely new dictionary which strives to represent as faithfully as possible the current usage of English words.
The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The academy's motto is "Talent and Taste" (""Snille och Smak"" in Swedish). The academy's primary purpose is to further the "purity, strength, and sublimity of the Swedish language" (""Svenska Språkets renhet, styrka och höghet"") (Walshe, 1965). To that end the academy publishes two dictionaries. The first is a one-volume glossary called "Svenska Akademiens ordlista" ("SAOL"). The second is a multi-volume dictionary, edited on principles similar to those of the "Oxford English Dictionary", entitled "Svenska Akademiens Ordbok" ("SAOB"). The "SAOL" has reached its 14th edition while the first volume of the "SAOB" was published in 1898 and, as of 2017, work has progressed to words beginning with the letter "V".
After issuing a volume of errata in 1904, the dictionary was reissued with minor revisions in 22 volumes in 1908 and 1909; a subtitle said that it covered British history "from the earliest times to the year 1900". In the words of the "Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition", the dictionary had "proved of inestimable service in elucidating the private annals of the British", providing not only concise lives of the notable deceased, but additionally lists of sources which were invaluable to researchers in a period when few libraries or collections of manuscripts had published catalogues or indices, and the production of indices to periodical literatures was just beginning. Throughout the twentieth century, further volumes were published for those who had died, generally on a decade-by-decade basis, beginning in 1912 with a supplement edited by Lee covering those who died between 1901 and 1911. The dictionary was transferred from its original publishers, Smith, Elder & Co., to Oxford University Press in 1917. Until 1996, Oxford University Press continued to add further supplements featuring articles on subjects who had died during the twentieth century.
The Oxford American Dictionary (OAD) is a single-volume dictionary of American English. It was the first dictionary published by the Oxford University Press to be prepared by American lexicographers and editors.
The Fifth Edition was published in 2002, and contains more than half a million definitions, with 83,500 illustrative quotations from 7,000 authors. The name Shorter Oxford English Dictionary was used to emphasise the link between this two-volume dictionary and the original twenty-volume OED.