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The New Oxford Dictionary of English (often abbreviated to NODE) is an English language dictionary first published in 1998 by the 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.

It is a completely new dictionary which strives to represent as faithfully as possible the current usage of English words. The editor, Judy Pearsall, claims it is based on modern understanding of language, as it derives from a corpus linguistics of contemporary used English. Some unorthodox choices made by the editors made this dictionary controversial amongst lexicographers, because the dictionary is descriptive rather than prescriptive. For example, the editors did not advocate against split infinitives, and instead justify their use in some contexts.

In 2003 a second edition, renamed Oxford Dictionary of English, was edited by Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, and in 2006, a revision was published, called Oxford Dictionary of English, second edition revised.

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