Comparison of English dictionaries

Comparison of English dictionaries

This table compares modern and notable English dictionaries.

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Dictionary Publisher Main Accent Latest Edition Pages (approx.) Volumes
Webster's Third International Dictionary[1] Merriam-Webster American 3rd 2800 1
Oxford English Dictionary[2] Oxford University Press, UK[3] British 2nd 22000 20
New Oxford American Dictionary[4] Oxford University Press, UK American 3rd 2096 1
American Heritage Dictionary[5] Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, USA American 4th 2074 1
Cambridge International Dictionary of English[6] Cambridge University Press[7] International 1st 1792 1
Collins English Dictionary[8] HarperCollins Publishers[9] British 7th 1920 1

Collegiate

Dictionary Publisher Main Accent Latest Edition Pages (approx.) Volumes
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary[10] Merriam-Webster American 11th 1664 1
American Heritage College Dictionary[11] Houghton Mifflin American 4th 1664 1
Webster's New World College Dictionary[12] Webster's New World American 4th 1736 1

Learner's

Dictionary Publisher Latest Edition Pages (approx.) Volumes
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary[13] Merriam-Webster 1st 2032 1
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English[14] Pearson-Longman[15] 5th 2082 1
Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners[16] Macmillan Publishers[17] 2nd 1872 1
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary[18] Cambridge University Press 3rd 1810 1
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary[19] Oxford University Press 8th 1796 1

References