New Oxford American Dictionary
Encyclopedia
The New Oxford American Dictionary (NOAD) is a single-volume dictionary
of American English
compiled by American editors at the Oxford University Press
.
NOAD is based upon the New Oxford Dictionary of English (NODE), published in the United Kingdom
in 1998, although with substantial editing, additional entries, and the inclusion of illustrations. It is based on a corpus linguistics
analysis of Oxford's 200 million word database of contemporary American English
.
NOAD includes a diacritical respelling scheme
to convey pronunciations, in addition to the Gimson phonemic IPA system that is used in NODE.
. The edition added nearly 3,000 new words, senses, and phrases. It was in a large format, with 2096 pages, and was 8½" by 11" in size. It included a CD-ROM with the full text of the dictionary for Palm OS
devices.
Since 2005 Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X
operating system has come bundled with a dictionary
application and widget
which credits as its source "Oxford American Dictionaries", and contains the full text of NOAD2. The Amazon Kindle
reading device also uses NOAD as its built-in dictionary, along with a choice for the Oxford Dictionary of English
.
Oxford University Press published NOAD2 in electronic form in 2006 at the OxfordAmericanDictionary.com, and in 2010, along with the Oxford Dictionary of English, as part of Oxford Dictionaries Online.
Dictionary
A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon...
of American English
American English
American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two-thirds of the world's native speakers of English live in the United States....
compiled by American editors at the Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press 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...
.
NOAD is based upon the New Oxford Dictionary of English (NODE), published in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 1998, although with substantial editing, additional entries, and the inclusion of illustrations. It is based on a corpus linguistics
Corpus linguistics
Corpus linguistics is the study of language as expressed in samples or "real world" text. This method represents a digestive approach to deriving a set of abstract rules by which a natural language is governed or else relates to another language. Originally done by hand, corpora are now largely...
analysis of Oxford's 200 million word database of contemporary American English
American English
American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two-thirds of the world's native speakers of English live in the United States....
.
NOAD includes a diacritical respelling scheme
Pronunciation respelling for English
Pronunciation respelling is a notation used to convey the pronunciation of words, in a language, such as English, which does not have a phonemic orthography....
to convey pronunciations, in addition to the Gimson phonemic IPA system that is used in NODE.
First edition
Published in September 2001, the first edition was edited by Elizabeth J. Jewell and Frank Abate.Second edition
Published in May 2005, the second edition was edited by Erin McKeanErin McKean
Erin McKean is an American lexicographer. Erin is a founder and the CEO of the online dictionary Wordnik. She was previously the Principal Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition....
. The edition added nearly 3,000 new words, senses, and phrases. It was in a large format, with 2096 pages, and was 8½" by 11" in size. It included a CD-ROM with the full text of the dictionary for Palm OS
Palm OS
Palm OS is a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants in 1996. Palm OS is designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface. It is provided with a suite of basic applications for personal information management...
devices.
Since 2005 Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
operating system has come bundled with a dictionary
Dictionary (software)
Dictionary is an application developed by Apple for its Macintosh computers. It was introduced with Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger", and provides definitions and synonyms from the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition and Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus, 2nd Edition...
application and widget
Widget (computing)
In computer programming, a widget is an element of a graphical user interface that displays an information arrangement changeable by the user, such as a window or a text box. The defining characteristic of a widget is to provide a single interaction point for the direct manipulation of a given...
which credits as its source "Oxford American Dictionaries", and contains the full text of NOAD2. The Amazon Kindle
Amazon Kindle
The Amazon Kindle is an e-book reader developed by Amazon.com subsidiary Lab126 which uses wireless connectivity to enable users to shop for, download, browse, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, and other digital media...
reading device also uses NOAD as its built-in dictionary, along with a choice for the Oxford Dictionary of English
Oxford Dictionary of English
The Oxford Dictionary of English is a single-volume English language dictionary first published in 1998 by Oxford University Press. This dictionary is not based on the Oxford English Dictionary and should not be mistaken for a new or updated version of the OED...
.
Oxford University Press published NOAD2 in electronic form in 2006 at the OxfordAmericanDictionary.com, and in 2010, along with the Oxford Dictionary of English, as part of Oxford Dictionaries Online.
Third edition
Published in August 2010, the third edition was edited by Angus Stevenson and Christine A. Lindberg. The edition added more than 2,000 new words, senses, and phrases.See also
Other Oxford Dictionaries:- Oxford English DictionaryOxford English DictionaryThe Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press, is the self-styled premier dictionary of the English language. Two fully bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989. The first edition was published in twelve volumes , and...
(OED) - Shorter Oxford English DictionaryShorter Oxford English DictionaryThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, often abbreviated to SOED, is a scaled-down version of the Oxford English Dictionary . It comprises two volumes rather than the twenty needed for the full second edition of the OED...
(SOED) - Oxford Dictionary of EnglishOxford Dictionary of EnglishThe Oxford Dictionary of English is a single-volume English language dictionary first published in 1998 by Oxford University Press. This dictionary is not based on the Oxford English Dictionary and should not be mistaken for a new or updated version of the OED...
(ODE) - Concise Oxford English DictionaryConcise Oxford English DictionaryThe Concise Oxford English Dictionary is probably the best-known of the 'smaller' Oxford dictionaries. The latest edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 entries and 1,728 pages...
(COED) - Australian Oxford DictionaryAustralian Oxford DictionaryThe Australian Oxford Dictionary, sometimes abbreviated to AOD, is a dictionary of Australian English published by Oxford University Press....
(AOD) - Canadian Oxford DictionaryCanadian Oxford DictionaryThe Canadian Oxford Dictionary is a dictionary of Canadian English. First published by Oxford University Press Canada in 1998, it quickly became the standard dictionary reference for Canadian English. Until September 2008, Oxford maintained a permanent staff of lexicographers in Canada, led by...
(CanOD) - Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryOxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryThe first Advanced learner's dictionary was the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, first published 60 years ago. It is the largest English language dictionary from Oxford University Press aimed at a non-native audience...
(OALD)