Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary is widely acknowledged to be the most authoritative and comprehensive English dictionary in the world.

The Oxford English Dictionary is a 20 volume dictionary. It contains over 600,000 words, and over 1.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources. It has the origins and meaning of words from across the English speaking world from New Zealand to the Caribbean.

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Oxford Dictionaries Premium

We are now provide dual language dictionaries for customers as part of our Oxford Dictionaries Premium. This offers a completely ad-free experience in nine major world languages:

  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Russian
  • Chinese
  • Arabic
  • Portuguese