CONCISE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY: 11TH EDITION REVISED 2008. A hardcover book written by Oxford Dictionaries, published by Oup Oxford

Essential Stats

• Pages: 1728
• Published: Thursday 10th July 2008
• Edition: new ed of 11th revised ed
• Dimensions: 25cm tall, 17cm wide, 6cm thick
• Weight: 1497 grams
• Dewey Decimal Number: 423
• ISBN: 0199548412
• RRP: £25.00
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I found the site very informative,only queery is their was no dimension's to the new book size that i could see.I liked being able to open the book and look at the contents to see the size of print, and the layout between each selected word. As my old Ox/dictionary was over twenty years old I found the new one very refreshing.

Whilst I agree with the other reviewers that the explanations are getting terser, this doesn't really matter too much as dictionaries are NOT encyclopedias. There will always be a trade off between size and content, and my 10th Edition has fewer pages than my 4th Edition but the latter is smaller as the paper is much thinner and the print size much smaller. The COED also exists in a hierarchy of dictionaries,and the assumption is that if you need more information you'll go to the Shorter OED, or even to the full dictionary.

As an owner of the 4th Edition (my father's from 1952), and 8th Edition, a 10th Edition and an on-line version of the 11th I am still sensible of why the COED exists: it was created in 1911 as the OUP was anxious that all people should have access to a definitive dictionary. The COED is exactly that and it is THE definitive English 'English Dictionary', as Chambers is Scottish (not in any way a criticism or slur of things Scottish merely an appreciation of their difference), and Collins now a transatlantic hybrid.

A final point is that the COED remains the spelling standard for the UK Civil Service (even though you'd never guess there were any standards from many official publications).

This is a great dictionary and has many new insertions, and origins of words. This makes it interesting reading even when not searching for words. My husband finds it invaluable for obscure cryptic crossword clues !!

excellent choice, I think anyone looking for good English dictionary should buy this. It is bulky but best mate for english readers.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary: 11th edition revised 2008

Have dictionaries already but needed a `slap-bang` up-to-date one. Play a lot of scrabble with my partner and it had got to the stage where although we have to agree that a word has to be in the dictionary, sometimes words that we knew didn`t actually appear. This dictionary is awesome, much better laid out and easy to use, with a good print. I find myself just browsing through it sometimes. An excellent bargain at the price as well. Would recommend this version to anyone.

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