Concise Oxford Dictionary
| Original title | The Concise Oxford Dictionary |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Release number
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12 |
| Genre | Dictionary |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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Publication date
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August 18, 2011 |
| Pages | 1696 |
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| Preceded by | Eleventh Edition |
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary (officially titled The Concise Oxford Dictionary until 2002, and widely abbreviated COD or COED) is probably the best-known of the 'smaller' Oxford dictionaries. The latest edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 entries and 1,728 pages (concise only compared to the OED at over 21,000 pages). Its twelfth edition, published in 2011, is used by both the United Nations and NATO as the current authority for spellings in documents written in English for international use. It is available as an e-book for a variety of handheld device platforms. In addition to providing information for general use, it documents local variations such as United States and United Kingdom usage.
It was started as a derivative of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), although section S–Z had to be written before the Oxford English Dictionary reached that stage. However, starting from the tenth edition, it is based on the Oxford Dictionary of English (also known as the NODE) rather than the OED. The most recent edition is the 12th edition, published in 2011.
Until 2000, it was the dictionary used on the UK game show Countdown.
Contents are derived from New Oxford American Dictionary.
It is a compilation of both Concise Oxford American Dictionary and Concise Oxford American Thesaurus.
Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary contains entries from contemporary Australian and international English. Edited by Dr Bruce Moore, it incorporates entries from Oxford English Dictionary, Concise Oxford Dictionary, Australian National Dictionary.
Concise Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary (牛津現代英漢雙解大詞典/牛津现代英汉双解大词典) is published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in China. Online version became available in 2011.
Warmth Concise Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary (牛津現代簡明英漢雙解辭典) is published by warmth Co/Warmth Publishing Group in Taiwan.
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