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Oxford English Dictionary

Full text, fully searchable version of the OED, with 1000 new entries, updated quarterly.
**NOTE** Access to the Oxford English Dictionary is temporarily unavailable through CUNY. The link here takes you to a NYPL database listing page for all that begin with the letter O. Scroll down to select Oxford English Dictionary.
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