Oxford Dictionaries

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Publisher: University-Press.org

ISBN: 1230529438

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: A Greek-English Lexicon, A Latin Dictionary, Brave New Words, Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English, Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, Dictionary of National Biography, James Murray (lexicographer), New Oxford American Dictionary, Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English English-French, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary (7th edition), Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Oxford English Corpus, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Oxford spelling, Oxford University Press, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, The Concise Dictionary of National Biography, The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, The Surgeon of Crowthorne. Excerpt: Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University has used a similar system to oversee the Press since the 17th century. The university became involved in the print trade around 1480, and grew into a major printer of Bibles, prayer books, and scholarly works. Its Press took on the project that became the Oxford English Dictionary in the late 19th century, and expanded to meet the ever-rising costs of the work. As a result, the last hundred years has seen Oxford publish children's books, school text...