The Concise Oxford English Dictionary might be the best-known of the ‘smaller’ Oxford dictionaries. It became officially titled The Concise Oxford Dictionary until 2002. This Dictionary is extensively abbreviated COD or COED.
The eleventh edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary consists of over 240,000 entries and 1,728 pages (concise simplest compared to the OED at over 21,000 pages).
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the most popular dictionary of its kind around the world and is noted for its clear, concise definitions as well as its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the vocabulary of the English-speaking world.
The dictionary includes audio pronunciations of both common and rare words, available in both British & American voice versions, including words with controversial pronunciation or with variant pronunciations.
The original 1911 edition, revolutionary at the time for its focus on current English and its use of illustrative examples, combined a succinct yet approachable style with coverage of everyday as well as specialist terms. This centenary edition continues this ground-breaking tradition, giving you rich authoritative coverage of English as it is used today.
A search tool Featuring autocomplete search to help you find words quickly by seeing search predictions that might be similar to the search terms you’re typing.
A ‘Favorites’ feature allows you to create your own categories and lists of words from the extensive library. It includes all cross-curriculum words . History list to help you easily review the last visited words. See words in context with example sentences A mobile dictionary application from MobiSystems with content from Oxford University Press.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary : A learning tool
The dictionary app includes a number of features which help you to grow your vocabulary further:
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A ‘Favorites’ feature allows you to create your own categories and lists of words from the extensive library
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History list to help you easily review the last visited words.
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See words in context with example sentences
Finally, you may download the Concise Oxford English Dictionary (portable) from the link given bellow-
