eight words are in the oxford english dictionary.
how many words are in the oxford english dictionary?
eight
according to the publishers, it would take a single person 120 years to "key in" the 59 million words of the "oed" second edition, 60 years to proofread them, and 540 megabytes to store them electronically. as of 30 november 2005, the "oxford english dictionary" contained approximately 301,100 main entries. supplementing the entry headwords, there are 157,000 bold-type combinations and derivatives; 169,000 italicized-bold phrases and combinations; 616,500 word-forms in total, including 137,000 pronunciations; 249,300 etymologies; 577,000 cross-references; and 2,412,400 usage quotations. the dictionary's latest, complete print edition (second edition, 1989) was printed in 20 volumes, comprising 291,500 entries in 21,730 pages. the longest entry in the "oed2" was for the verb "set", which required 60,000 words to describe some 430 senses. as entries began to be revised for the "oed3" in sequence starting from m, the longest entry became "make" in 2000, then "put" in 2007, then "run" in 2011.
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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". 





















































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bullet::::- third edition revised (): includes over 150,000 words, phrases, and definitions.





















































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compact oxford english dictionary of current english