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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED) is an English language dictionary published by the Oxford University Press. The SOED is a two-volume abridgement of the twenty-volume Oxford English Dictionary (OED). It retains the historical dictionary focus of the full OED, but does not include any words which were obsolete before 1700 except those used by…

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Genre
Dictionary
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
3472
Preceded by
Fifth Edition
Publication place
United Kingdom

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Edges26
Triples43
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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Preceded by · 1
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Publication place · 1
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