Jorge Luis Borges once demeaned the dictionary, writing, “It is often forgotten that [dictionaries] are artificial repositories, put together well after the languages they define. The roots of ...
LONDON — Carbon footprint, green audit and Chelsea tractor are among the raft of environmental terms being added to the latest Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, published Thursday in United States ...
This story was originally published Sept. 9, 2015. When you look up a word in the dictionary, you'll find its definition, of course. And, depending on the dictionary, you might also find an example of ...
1. On the one hand: been there, done that. This round of violence is not much different than previous ones. 2. On the other hand: nothing stands still in the Middle East. During the 2008-9 Operation ...
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Oxford University Press news every morning. For the self-appointed custodians of the Queen’s English, May has not been a merry month.
LONDON — Carbon footprint, green audit and Chelsea tractor are among the raft of environmental terms being added to the latest Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, published Thursday in United States ...