The New Oxford American Dictionary is the most accurate and richly descriptive picture of American English ever offered in any dictionary. Oxford's American editors drew on a 200-million-word databank of contemporary North American English, plus the unrivaled citation files of the world-renowned Oxford English Dictionary.

Updated regularly, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date American English reference.

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- 350 000 words, phrases, and senses
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- 75 000 usage examples
- 35 000 etymologies
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