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 the US. The dictionary draws on OUP's 200-million-word databank of contemporary North American English, the unrivaled citation files of the world-renowned Oxford English Dictionary, and OUP's North American Reading Program, begun in the 1980s, which provides up-to-date evidence of language use.
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. Definitions are supplemented by illustrative, in-context examples of actual usage.
'The gold standard of American dictionaries' - The Providence Journal
Second Edition
ISBN: 0195170776
Publishing history: First published 2001, this edition 2005
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