oed

What does oed mean?

oed means "an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles".

How many syllables are in oed?

oed has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for oed?

Close synonyms include Oxford English Dictionary, O.E.D.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oed a common word?

oed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for oed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.