What is the best English dictionary in the world?

Oxford English Dictionary

Most of the students, researchers, and teachers consider the Oxford dictionary as the best English dictionaries in the world. With precise meanings of the words which are used in day-to-day usage makes it far more useful than any other dictionary.

Subsequently, one may also ask, what is the best English to English dictionary?

There are many dictionary apps available for iPhone and Android. Of course, you really only need one.

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Vocabulary.com.
Dictionary.com.
English Dictionary – Offline.
Merriam-Webster.
Google Translate.
Concise English Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Urban Dictionary.

Likewise, is there an official English dictionary? 4 Answers. English does not have an official dictionary. The Merriam-Webster's website is found at http://www.merriam-webster.com, and the Collins one can be found at http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/american-cobuild-learners.

Beside above, what is the most popular dictionary?

Learner's

Title	Publisher	Pages
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English	Pearson-Longman	2,224
Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners	Macmillan Education	1,748
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary	Merriam-Webster	1,994
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary	Oxford University Press	1,960

Which is the best online English dictionary?

Dictionary.com is the world's leading online source for English definitions, synonyms, word origins, audio pronunciations, example sentences, slang phrases, idioms, word games, legal and medical terms, Word of the Day and more.

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Is Oxford Dictionary British or American?

Usage. Oxford spelling is used by the Oxford University Press (OUP) for British publications, including its Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and its influential British style guide Hart's Rules, and by other publishers who are "etymology conscious", according to Merriam-Webster.

How much is Oxford dictionary?

It should never move more than 2 feet. Oxford University Press publish many abridged versions that cater to the more mobile readership. In Stock. This dictionary is phenomenal.

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What is the meaning of Google word?

"The name 'Google' is a play on the word 'googol,' coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner. A 'googol' refers to the number represented by a 1 followed by 100 zeros. It's a very large number.

Is Oxford Dictionary better than Webster?

Oxford outsources a lot more of its lexicographic work than Merriam-Webster does. M-W is perhaps the only English language dictionary publisher left whose lexicographers are mainly in-house, or freelance but formerly in-house. Oxford (but not the OED) uses many freelancers for its dozens of dictionaries.

How do you choose a good dictionary?

Steps

Know what general sort of dictionary you need.
Look for newer words.
Look for proper nouns.
Look for slang and vulgar words.
Check for regional words, if you know them in the language(s) your dictionary treats.
Examine the reference matter at the front and back.

What is the difference between Cambridge and Oxford dictionary?

The main difference between the Oxford and Cambridge Dictionaries is that the Oxford Dictionary is published by the Oxford University Press, whereas the Cambridge Dictionary is published by the Cambridge University Press. Cambridge Dictionary tends to focus on the modern usage to terms and their respective meanings.

Is the Oxford Dictionary British?

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP).

Second Edition
Editor	John Simpson and Edmund Weiner
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Subject	Dictionary

How do you pronounce Cambridge?

Pronunciation

enPR: kāmʹbrĭj, IPA: /ˈke?m.b??d?/
Audio (UK) (file)

What does YEET mean?

Yeet is an exclamation of excitement, approval, surprise, or all-around energy, often as issued when doing a dance move or throwing something.

What is the best word in the world?

The best word ever -- according to deep lexicographical research, science, taste, and common sense -- is this: diphthong.

How do you say poop in English?

Synonyms for poop

crap.
BM.
defecation.
discharge.
dung.
excrement.
excretion.
fecal matter.

Is Oxford Dictionary reliable?

About. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. The OED started life more than 150 years ago.

Is Dramastic a word?

The Urban Dictionary defined DRAMASTIC as a combination of the words "dramatic" and “drastic” - used to characterize a response that is blown out of proportion and is very severe at the same time.

What is the oldest dictionary in the world?

The oldest known dictionaries were Akkadian Empire cuneiform tablets with bilingual Sumerian–Akkadian wordlists, discovered in Ebla (modern Syria) and dated roughly 2300 BCE. The early 2nd millennium BCE Urra=hubullu glossary is the canonical Babylonian version of such bilingual Sumerian wordlists.

Is errored a word?

To use "errored" you would have to consider error a verb, but the dictionary doesn't. "Error" is a noun, used to mean mistake. You wouldn't say "The program mistaked at line 44." Your usage "threw an error" is correct, because it uses error as a noun.

What is the most used word in the world?

"OK" is one of the most frequently used and recognised words in the world.

Is Equivalized a word?

The word equivalize spelled backward is ezilaviuqe which is not a word.