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January 19, 2024

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).

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
Leather bound SOED Sixth Edition
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Release number
6
GenreDictionary
Published21 September 2007
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages3472
ISBN978-0199233243
Preceded byFifth Edition 

Print editions edit

Prequel edit

The first editor, William Little, worked on the book from 1902 until his death in 1922. The dictionary was completed by H. W. Fowler, Jessie Coulson, and C. T. Onions. An abridgement of the complete work was contemplated from 1879, when the Oxford University Press took over from the Philological Society on what was then known as A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. However, no action was taken until 1902, when the work was begun by William Little, a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He laboured until his death in 1922, at which point he had completed "A" to "T", and "V". The remaining letters were completed by H. W. Fowler ("U", "X", "Y", and "Z") and Mrs. E. A. Coulson (Jessie Coulson) ("W") under the direction of C. T. Onions, who succeeded Little as editor. Onions wrote that SOED was "to present in miniature all the features of the principal work" and to be "a quintessence of those vast materials" in the complete OED.

First edition edit

The first edition was published in February 1933. It was reprinted in March and April of that year and again in 1934.

  • Shorter Oxford English Dictionary/The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Hardcover): 2 volumes.
    • ?th impression (1933-??-??)
  • Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Hardcover): 1 volume.
    • ?th impression (1959-??-??)

Second edition edit

The second edition appeared in 1936, contained about 3,000 revisions and additions, and was reprinted in 1939.

  • Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on historical principles (Hardcover 2475 pages): Second edition 1 volume reprinted 1939.
    • Prepared by William Little, H. W.Fowler, J. Coulson
    • Revised and edited by C. T. Onions[1]

Third edition edit

The third edition was published in the United States under the name The Oxford Universal Dictionary on Historical Principles in 1944 with reprints in 1947, 1950, 1952, and 1955. The 1955 reprint contained an addendum of new entries. The 1973 reprint contained an enlarged addenda with over seventy pages and a major revision of all the etymologies.

  • Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Hardcover)
    • 1st? impression (1944-01-01)
  • The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Third Edition, revised with addenda) (Hardcover) (ASIN B01N22ETM9): Includes addenda.
    • ?th impression (1964-??-??)
    • ?th impression (1968-??-??)
  • Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Hardcover) (ISBN 0-19-861106-4/ISBN 978-0-19-861106-6): 1 volume.
    • 1st? impression (1970-??-??)
  • Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Hardcover) (ISBN 0-19-861125-0/ISBN 978-0-19-861125-7): 1 volume.
    • 1st? impression (1973-11-??)
  • The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Hardcover) (ISBN 0-19-861126-9/ISBN 978-0-19-861126-4)
    • ?th impression (1973-11-22)
    • ?th impression (1975-??-??)
  • The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Guild Publishing edition, Hardcover) (ASIN B00HLDC3M2)
    • ?th impression (1985-??-??)

Fourth edition edit

The New SOED was prepared under the editorship of Lesley Brown 1980-1993 and was the first complete revision of the dictionary and should be considered a re-abridgement of the SOED and its supplements. The whole text was completely revised for the Fourth Edition, which was published in 1993 as the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. The book attempted to include all English words which had substantial currency after 1700, plus the vocabulary of Shakespeare, John Milton, Edmund Spenser and the King James Version.[2] As a historical dictionary, it includes obsolete words if they are used by major authors and earlier meanings where they explain the development of a word. Headwords are traced back to their earliest usage. Includes 97,600 headwords, 25,250 variant spellings, 500,000 definitions, 87,400 illustrative quotations and 7,333 sources of quotations (including 5,519 individual authors).

  • The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Hardcover) (ISBN 978-0-19-861134-9)
    • ?th impression (1993-??-??)
  • The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary thumb index edition (Hardcover) (ISBN 0-19-861271-0/ISBN 978-0-19-861271-1)
    • ?th impression (1993-10-14)
  • The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary luxury edition (Hardcover) (ISBN 0-19-863142-1)
    • ?th impression (1993-??-??)
  • The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary leather bound edition (ISBN 0-19-195804-2)
    • ?th impression (1993-??-??)

Fifth edition edit

The fifth edition was published in 2002,[3] 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 emphasize the link between this two-volume dictionary and the original twenty-volume OED.

Sixth edition edit

On 21 September 2007, the sixth edition appeared. The dictionary now included 600,000 words, phrases, and definitions, covering global English-speaking regions and 2500 new words and meanings from Oxford Dictionaries and Oxford English Corpus. As previously, the vocabulary included entries in general English from 1700 to the present day and in earlier major literary works. The dictionary included 80,000 quotations illustrating the use of words, thousands of newly discovered antedatings based on the continuing research for the OED, 2,500 new words and senses, thousands of antedatings of existing words from Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford English Corpus, many new quotations from then-recent authors, and a complete review of spelling forms and defining vocabulary.

16,000 words lost their hyphen.[3] Angus Stevenson, the editor of the Shorter OED, stated the reason: "People are not confident about using hyphens anymore, they're not really sure what they are for." Its researchers reviewed a corpus of 2 billion words (in newspapers, books, web sites and blogs from 2000). Bumble-bee is now bumblebee, ice-cream is ice cream and pot-belly is pot belly.[4][5]

(The CD-ROM supports Windows 2000 or higher, Mac OS x 10.3.9 (PowerPC) or 10.4 or 10.5 (Intel) or higher).

Electronic versions edit

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is available on CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh.[6] Version 3.0 of that CD-ROM is copy-protected using SecuROM.

The dictionary is also available as an electronic download plug-in for WordWeb for Windows[7] and for Mac OS X.[8]

In addition to all of the contents of the traditional paper dictionary, the electronic versions include:

  • Audio pronunciations
  • Automatic look-up of words from other applications
  • Search functions
  • Crossword solver and anagram functions
  • Mac OS X version
    • Version 3.2 (OS X 10.9 64-bit, 2016-12-01)
  • Windows version: Published by MobiSystems, Inc.
    • Version 2.2.0.7 (Windows 8.1, 2015-??-??, 10-device installation)

References edit

  1. ^ From personal copy
  2. ^ Oxford University Press, The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Fourth Edition, 1993, Preface
  3. ^ a b Oxford University Press, The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Sixth Edition, 2007, Preface to the sixth edition
  4. ^ . MSNBC. Reuters. 23 September 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  5. ^ Reuters, Thousands of hyphens perish as English marches on (Retrieved 18 May 2008)
  6. ^ Oxford University Press, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 6th Edition on CD-ROM 11 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ WordWeb Software, Windows version Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
  8. ^ WordWeb Software, Macintosh version Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

External links edit

  • Oxford University Press page: 6th edition, ,
  • Microsoft Store page: 6th edition
  • iTunes page: Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
  • WordWeb pages: The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Windows)

January 19, 2024
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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 Shorter Oxford English DictionaryLeather bound SOED Sixth EditionCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishRelease number6GenreDictionaryPublished21 September 2007PublisherOxford University PressPages3472ISBN978 0199233243Preceded byFifth Edition Contents 1 Print editions 1 1 Prequel 1 2 First edition 1 3 Second edition 1 4 Third edition 1 5 Fourth edition 1 6 Fifth edition 1 7 Sixth edition 2 Electronic versions 3 References 4 External linksPrint editions editPrequel edit The first editor William Little worked on the book from 1902 until his death in 1922 The dictionary was completed by H W Fowler Jessie Coulson and C T Onions An abridgement of the complete work was contemplated from 1879 when the Oxford University Press took over from the Philological Society on what was then known as A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles However no action was taken until 1902 when the work was begun by William Little a fellow of Corpus Christi College Oxford He laboured until his death in 1922 at which point he had completed A to T and V The remaining letters were completed by H W Fowler U X Y and Z and Mrs E A Coulson Jessie Coulson W under the direction of C T Onions who succeeded Little as editor Onions wrote that SOED was to present in miniature all the features of the principal work and to be a quintessence of those vast materials in the complete OED First edition edit The first edition was published in February 1933 It was reprinted in March and April of that year and again in 1934 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles Hardcover 2 volumes th impression 1933 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Hardcover 1 volume th impression 1959 Second edition edit The second edition appeared in 1936 contained about 3 000 revisions and additions and was reprinted in 1939 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on historical principles Hardcover 2475 pages Second edition 1 volume reprinted 1939 Prepared by William Little H W Fowler J Coulson Revised and edited by C T Onions 1 Third edition edit The third edition was published in the United States under the name The Oxford Universal Dictionary on Historical Principles in 1944 with reprints in 1947 1950 1952 and 1955 The 1955 reprint contained an addendum of new entries The 1973 reprint contained an enlarged addenda with over seventy pages and a major revision of all the etymologies Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Hardcover 1st impression 1944 01 01 The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles Third Edition revised with addenda Hardcover ASIN B01N22ETM9 Includes addenda th impression 1964 th impression 1968 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Hardcover ISBN 0 19 861106 4 ISBN 978 0 19 861106 6 1 volume 1st impression 1970 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Hardcover ISBN 0 19 861125 0 ISBN 978 0 19 861125 7 1 volume 1st impression 1973 11 The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles Hardcover ISBN 0 19 861126 9 ISBN 978 0 19 861126 4 th impression 1973 11 22 th impression 1975 The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Guild Publishing edition Hardcover ASIN B00HLDC3M2 th impression 1985 Fourth edition edit The New SOED was prepared under the editorship of Lesley Brown 1980 1993 and was the first complete revision of the dictionary and should be considered a re abridgement of the SOED and its supplements The whole text was completely revised for the Fourth Edition which was published in 1993 as the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary The book attempted to include all English words which had substantial currency after 1700 plus the vocabulary of Shakespeare John Milton Edmund Spenser and the King James Version 2 As a historical dictionary it includes obsolete words if they are used by major authors and earlier meanings where they explain the development of a word Headwords are traced back to their earliest usage Includes 97 600 headwords 25 250 variant spellings 500 000 definitions 87 400 illustrative quotations and 7 333 sources of quotations including 5 519 individual authors The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Hardcover ISBN 978 0 19 861134 9 th impression 1993 The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary thumb index edition Hardcover ISBN 0 19 861271 0 ISBN 978 0 19 861271 1 th impression 1993 10 14 The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary luxury edition Hardcover ISBN 0 19 863142 1 th impression 1993 The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary leather bound edition ISBN 0 19 195804 2 th impression 1993 Fifth edition edit The fifth edition was published in 2002 3 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 emphasize the link between this two volume dictionary and the original twenty volume OED Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Fifth Edition Hardcover ISBN 0 19 860457 2 ISBN 978 0 19 860457 0 th impression 2002 12 31 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on CD ROM Version 2 0 ISBN 0 19 860613 3 ISBN 978 0 19 860613 0 th impression 2003 01 09 Sixth edition edit On 21 September 2007 the sixth edition appeared The dictionary now included 600 000 words phrases and definitions covering global English speaking regions and 2500 new words and meanings from Oxford Dictionaries and Oxford English Corpus As previously the vocabulary included entries in general English from 1700 to the present day and in earlier major literary works The dictionary included 80 000 quotations illustrating the use of words thousands of newly discovered antedatings based on the continuing research for the OED 2 500 new words and senses thousands of antedatings of existing words from Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford English Corpus many new quotations from then recent authors and a complete review of spelling forms and defining vocabulary 16 000 words lost their hyphen 3 Angus Stevenson the editor of the Shorter OED stated the reason People are not confident about using hyphens anymore they re not really sure what they are for Its researchers reviewed a corpus of 2 billion words in newspapers books web sites and blogs from 2000 Bumble bee is now bumblebee ice cream is ice cream and pot belly is pot belly 4 5 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Sixth Edition Hardcover ISBN 0 19 920687 2 ISBN 978 0 19 920687 2 th impression 2007 09 20 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Sixth Edition Deluxe leather bound Hardcover ISBN 0 19 923325 X ISBN 978 0 19 923325 0 th impression 2007 09 20 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on CD ROM Version 3 0 ISBN 0 19 923176 1 ISBN 978 0 19 923176 8 Supports linking to word processors th impression 2007 09 13 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Deluxe edition hardcover CD ROM ISBN 0 19 920688 0 ISBN 978 0 19 920688 9 th impression 2007 09 20 The CD ROM supports Windows 2000 or higher Mac OS x 10 3 9 PowerPC or 10 4 or 10 5 Intel or higher Electronic versions editThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is available on CD ROM for Windows and Macintosh 6 Version 3 0 of that CD ROM is copy protected using SecuROM The dictionary is also available as an electronic download plug in for WordWeb for Windows 7 and for Mac OS X 8 In addition to all of the contents of the traditional paper dictionary the electronic versions include Audio pronunciations Automatic look up of words from other applications Search functions Crossword solver and anagram functions Mac OS X version Version 3 2 OS X 10 9 64 bit 2016 12 01 Windows version Published by MobiSystems Inc Version 2 2 0 7 Windows 8 1 2015 10 device installation References edit From personal copy Oxford University Press The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Fourth Edition 1993 Preface a b Oxford University Press The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Sixth Edition 2007 Preface to the sixth edition Hyphens perish as English marches on MSNBC Reuters 23 September 2007 Archived from the original on 7 October 2007 Retrieved 7 October 2007 Reuters Thousands of hyphens perish as English marches on Retrieved 18 May 2008 Oxford University Press Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 6th Edition on CD ROM Archived 11 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine WordWeb Software Windows version Shorter Oxford English Dictionary WordWeb Software Macintosh version Shorter Oxford English DictionaryExternal links editOxford University Press page 6th edition Deluxe edition CD ROM 3 0 Microsoft Store page 6th edition iTunes page Shorter Oxford English Dictionary WordWeb pages The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Windows Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shorter Oxford English Dictionary amp oldid 1184331208, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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