How many words are in the New Oxford American dictionary?

350,000 words
With more than 350,000 words, phrases, and senses, hundreds of explanatory notes, and more than a thousand illustrations, this dictionary provides the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of American English available.

How long did it take to publish the Oxford dictionary?

In 1878, Oxford University Press agreed with Murray to proceed with the massive project; the agreement was formalized the following year. 20 years after its conception, the dictionary project finally had a publisher. It would take another 50 years to complete.

How long is the Oxford English Dictionary?

Instead of 6,400 pages in four volumes, the Dictionary published under the imposing name A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles – contained over 400,000 words and phrases in ten volumes.

How long would it take to write the whole dictionary?

The effort required 120 people just to type the pages from the print edition and 50 proofreaders to check their work. The online version of the dictionary has been active since 2000. At a whopping 20 volumes weighing over 137 pounds, it would reportedly take one person 120 years to type all 59 million words in the OED.

How old is the oldest dictionary?

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

How much does Oxford Dictionary cost?

The Oxford English Dictionary is available by subscription to institutions and individuals. We are pleased to offer annual individual OED subscriptions for $100 in the US or £100 for the Rest of the World. For this annual rate, you’ll have full unrestricted access to the OED Online – including quarterly updates.