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The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (OALD) was the first advanced learner's dictionary of English. It was first published in 1948. It is the largest English-language dictionary from Oxford University Press aimed at a non-native audience. Users with a more linguistic interest, requiring etymologies or copious references, usually prefer the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, or indeed the comprehensive Oxford English Dictionary, or other dictionaries aimed at speakers of English with native-level competence.

History

The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, previously entitled the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English, started life as the Idiomatic and Syntactic Dictionary, edited by Albert Sydney Hornby. It was first published in Japan in 1942. It then made a perilous wartime journey to Britain where it came under the wing of OUP, which decided it would be the perfect counterpart for the prestigious OED.

A. S. Hornby was a teacher of English studies at a small college in Japan; he had gone there in 1923 to teach literature, but his experiences in the classroom drew his attention to the need for sound principles of language teaching. At that time Harold E. Palmer headed the Institute for Research into English Teaching in Tokyo, and in 1931 he invited Hornby to work on vocabulary development at the Institute. The result of this was the Idiomatic and Syntactic Dictionary, published by Kaitakusha in 1942. A year before publication, Hornby had managed to send an advance copy in sheets of the book to B. Ifor Evans at the British Council, a tough feat during the war. Ifor Evans offered him a job, and in 1942 Hornby came back to Britain and joined the Council, which posted him to Iran.

The sheets reached Humphrey S. Milford, then publisher to the University of Oxford and effectively OUP's managing director. Milford saw immediately that the dictionary could fill a troublesome gap in the Press's lists, since it was compiled for non-English speakers and rested on Hornby's solid experience in teaching the language overseas. Thus it explained spelling, grammar, phonetics, and usage much more extensively than would a dictionary for native English speakers. With the cachet of the Press to promote it, it could take the "Oxford dictionary" brand to readerships that might be intimidated or puzzled by the more magisterial OED.

But the command economy of World War II under which all British publishers were then operating posed a problem: everything was in short supply, and Milford appealed to the British Council for help in getting the paper and cloth.^[1] He referred the matter to E.C. Parnwell, who was looking after the Press's overseas projects, Milford being by then too unwell to manage the Press without substantial assistance, as he had been doing since 1904.^[1]

Hornby had brought with him the world rights to the book excluding Japan and China; Kenneth Sisam, then Secretary to the Delegates of the Press, gave a favourable report to the Delegates on the book. Milford also used hostility to Japan to push for a subsidy from the British Council, saying that "the Japanese are very cheap producers" and were likely to capture the market.

The book had more than 1,500 pages and for an edition of 10,000 copies would need ten tons of paper. Milford applied for a special release to acquire this paper "in the direct interest of British culture and overseas trade, particularly in the non-sterling areas". He had adequate paper stock to begin the edition but this was all earmarked for "essential reprints" and he could only use it if replacements were guaranteed.^[2] Milford's niece, Eleanor M. Booker, was now working at the India Office, and he lobbied for paper through her.

Finally the book came out between 1943 and 1948 and became an instant success. Today it is one of the most used resources by learners of the English language worldwide.

The book is useful for all competitive exams.

Publications

English dictionaries

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English was first published in 1948; the current edition is the tenth. The following editions exist:

• First edition first published in 1948 (12 impressions)
• Second edition first published in 1963 (19 impressions)
• Third edition first published in 1974 (28 impressions)

• ISBN 0194311015, 9780194311014

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

The book's cover title was changed beginning with 4th edition. However, the old name was still being referenced by foreign language versions of the dictionary up to 6th edition.

• Fourth edition first published in 1989 (50 impressions)

• ISBN 0194311104, 9780194311106

• Fifth edition first published in 1995 (65 impressions)

• CD-ROM edition (1997-05-01, ISBN 0-19-431469-3, 978-0-194-31469-5): includes 63,000 references, 90,000 examples, 65,000 definitions, 11,600 idioms and phrasal verbs, 1700 words illustrated, and 2000 new words and meanings.

• Sixth edition first published in 2000 (117 impressions):

• Oxford University Press edition

• paperback ISBN 0-19-431424-3
• hardback ISBN 0-19-431510-X
• international student's edition, paperback ISBN 0-19-431550-9
• paperback with Genie CD-ROM ISBN 0-19-431585-1, 978-0-194-31585-2 (2002-03-21)

• The Commercial Press (China) edition (牛津高阶英语词典 第六版•英语版) (ISBN 7-100-03919-3): Includes 4500 new words and definitions over the original English publication. Reduced number of letters used in definition from 3500 to 3000.

• ?th impression (2004-01-14)

• Seventh edition first published in 2005 (105 impressions): Includes 183,500 words, short phrases explanations; 85,000 examples, 2,000 new words and definitions, 5,000 encyclopaedic vocabulary, Oxford 3000 commonly used word list, 7000 synonyms and antonyms, 2000 illustrations, 32-page colour illustrations, 96 pages of special topic pages

• Oxford University Press edition

• paperback with Compass CD-ROM ISBN 0-19-431649-1, 978-0-194-31649-1 (2005-02-24)

• The Commercial Press (China) edition (牛津高阶英语词典 第7版) (ISBN 978-7-100-05498-0): 1 revision, 1 impression.

• 1st impression (2007-08-?)
• Revision 1, 1st impression (2013-03-?)

• Eighth edition first published in 2010 (69 impressions): The production had taken 5 years and over 30,000 hours of editing.^[3]

• Oxford University Press edition

• with Oxford iWriter ISBN 0-19-479904-2, 978-0-194-79904-1
• English Mac OS X edition: Published by Oxford University Press ELT.

• Version 8.6.946 (): Includes in-app purchase where sample entries from the dictionary are included, News feature (News from Oxford University about product discounts, language learning and teaching blogs, and other relevant matters).
• Version 8.7.21 (OS X 10.9, 2017-01-25)

• Japan Android edition (オックスフォード現代英英辞典 公式アプリ 日本版): Supports Android 2.2. Published by BIGLOBE Inc.
• Japan iOS edition (オックスフォード現代英英辞典 公式アプリ 日本版): Supports iOS 4.3 and above. Published by BIGLOBE Inc.

• Version 1.4 (iOS 8.0, 2016-12-09)

• The Commercial Press (China) edition (牛津高阶英语词典 第8版) (ISBN 978-7-100-08744-5): 3 revisions, 8 impressions.

• 1st impression (2012-06-?)
• Revision 3, 8th impression (2012-12-?)

• Ninth edition first published in 2015 (39 impressions): Includes over 185,000 words, phrases and meanings (with 700+ new words and meanings). Added Express yourself notes, Wordfinder notes. DVD software support Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6. DVD includes dictionary, British and American English audio, Oxford iSpeaker, Oxford iWriter, topic wordlists, teacher resources (downloadable videos, lesson plans and activities for use in class). Basic online contents includes dictionary, British and American English audio, pictures, word origins, usage notes, Oxford 3000 and Academic Word lists, Oxford Text Checker. Premium Online service includes My Wordlists.

• Oxford University Press edition (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary NEW 9th Edition/Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Ninth Edition)

• paperback + Oxford iSpeaker/Oxford iWriter DVD + Premium Online Access Code (ISBN 978-0-19-479879-2)
• hardback + Oxford iSpeaker/Oxford iWriter DVD + Premium Online Access Code (ISBN 978-0-19-479878-5)
• 1-year Premium Online subscription (ISBN 978-0-19-479888-4)
• iOS edition (ISBN 978-0-19-479889-1)
• CD-ROM edition (ISBN 0-19-479900-X): latter includes many etymologies.
• Android version: Published by Oxford University Press ELT Division. Supports Android 4.0.3. Free download gives 100 sample entries from the OALD 9th edition. Owner of 8th edition Android apps can be upgraded to 9th edition at discount.

• 1.1.3.0 (Android 4.0.3, 2016-09-15)

• Android code version: Published by Oxford University Press ELT Division. It is a version for users from educational institutions.

• 3.5.42 (Android 2.2, 2013-12-30)

• iOS version: Published by Oxford University Press ELT Division. Developed with Paragon Software.^[4]

• 2.2.1 (iOS 7.0 demo, 2016-09-14): Free download version includes 100 sample entries from the new OALD 9th edition. English, Russian language support.

• Oxford Fajar Sdn. Bhd. edition (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary NEW 9th Edition/Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Ninth Edition) (ISBN 978-0-19-479880-8)

• 1st? impression (2015-03)

• Obunsha edition (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary New 9th Edition/オックスフォード現代英英辞典 第９版) (2015-09-25, ISBN 978-4-010-75299-9) (with book, Windows 7/Mac OS X 10.6 DVD-ROM containing iSpeaker and iWriter, online access code, DVD installation guide): Includes 185,000 references (700 over previous edition).
• The Commercial Press (China) edition (牛津高阶英语词典 第9版) (ISBN 978-7-100-12356-3): 4 revisions, 8 impressions.

• Revision 4, 8th impression (2016-09-?)

• Foreign Language Limited edition (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary New 9th Edition/옥스포드 영영사전 9th Edition) (2015-09-??, ISBN 978-0-19-479879-2) (with DVD-ROM containing iSpeaker and iWriter):

• 1st impression (2015-09)

• Tenth edition first published 2020.

• Oxford University Press edition

• paperback/app/online pack (ISBN 978-0-19-479848-8)
• hardback/app/online pack (ISBN 978-0-19-479849-5)
• paperback in pack (ISBN 978-0-19-479854-9)
• hardback in pack (ISBN 978-0-19-479855-6)
• app (ISBN 978-0-19-479862-4)
• online access (ISBN 978-0-19-479862-4)
• Android version: Published by Oxford University Press ELT Division.

• 1.0.2984 (2020-03-18)

• iOS version: Published by Oxford University Press ELT Division.

• 1.1 (2020-03-30)

• Oxford University Press Indian edition

• paperback/app/online pack (ISBN 978-0-19-479850-1)
• hardback/app/online pack (ISBN 978-0-19-479851-8)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

It is a demo version of Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, which includes 100 sample entries from the OALD.

• Ninth edition

• Android version: Published by Oxford University Press ELT Division.

• 1.0.19.0 (Android 2.2, 2015-09-22)

Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

• 9th edition: Includes 22,000 words, phrases and meanings; 50,000 corpus-based example sentences, 690 collocation notes show over 26,000 collocations (words that are used together), 80 Thesaurus notes, Grammar Points and Which Word? notes; 48-page Oxford Academic Writing Tutor; 47-page reference section includes information about academic grammar, as well as punctuation, numbers and measurements. CD-ROM includes Oxford Academic iWriter, 500 extra words and phrases, words spoken in British and American English, iGuide, full range of academic entries via 'Mini Dictionary' mode, Oxford Academic iWriter, practice exercises, PDFs of the Word Lists and a bibliography of all the texts in the Oxford Corpus of Academic English.

• Print+CD-ROM version (ISBN 978-0-19-433350-4):
• Android version (ISBN 978-019-479898-3):
• iOS version (ISBN 978-0-19-479896-9):
• Mac OS X version: Published by Oxford University Press ELT Division. Includes 120 Thesaurus notes, Language Banks, Grammar Points and Which Word? notes; British and American English voices.

• 1.0 (OS X 10.9, 2017-01-31)

Oxford Learner's Wordfinder Dictionary

• 1st edition: Includes 630 topic words.

• The Commercial Press (Beijing) edition

• Hardback version (牛津英汉双解联想词典（缩印本）) (ISBN 7-100-03904-5)

• 1st impression (2003-12-??)

Oxford Learner's Thesaurus: A Dictionary of Synonyms

The thesaurus was originated in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 7th edition, where over 200 sets of synonyms were located at specific lexical entries.^[5]

• 1st edition: Includes 2000 entries, 17000 synonyms and antonyms, 4000 definitions, 17 usage labels, 30 special subjects. Headwords derived from Oxford 3000 entries. CD-ROM supports Windows 2000, Mac OS X 10.4; includes thesaurus, special topic browser, and My Topics where users can create personalized mini-thesaurus, games, exercises, and all the study material from the print dictionary.

• Oxford University Press CD+print edition (ISBN 0-19-475200-3, 978-0-19-475200-8)

• 1st? impression (2008-05-06)
• ?th impression (2014-04-??)

• The Commercial Press edition (OXFORD Learner's Thesaurus a dictionary of synonyms/牛津英语同义词学习词典) (ISBN 978-7-100-07095-9): 4 impressions.

• 1st impression (2010-10-??)
• 4th impression (2015-01-??)

• Android demo edition: Published by Oxford University Press ELT. Free download version includes 100 sample entries from the dictionary.

• 1.0.7.0 (Android 2.2, 2015-12-07)

• Android final edition (ISBN 978-0-19-475209-1): Published by Oxford University Press ELT.

• ? (Android 2.2)

• iOS final edition (ISBN 978-0-19-475207-7): Published by Oxford University Press ELT.

• 1.0 (iOS 7.0, 2014-09-27)
• 1.1 (2015-03-06): Support iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

Oxford Learner's Pocket Dictionary

• 4th edition: Includes over 38,000 words, phrases, and meanings in British and American English.

• paperback edition (ISBN 0-19-439870-6, 978-0-19-439870-1)

• 1st? impression (2008-01-01)

• paperback edition (ISBN 978-0-19-439872-5)

• 1st? impression ()

Oxford Learner's Pocket Dictionary of Business English

• 1st edition: Includes over 38,000 entries with real examples from a new corpus of Business English, vocabulary from British and American English, 1,000 most important terms are marked with a star.

• paperback edition (ISBN 978-0-19-431733-7)

• 1st? impression ()

Oxford Learner's Pocket Grammar

• 1st edition: Includes grammar topics in 2-page sections.

• paperback edition (ISBN 0-19-433684-0, 978-0-19-433684-0)

• 1st? impression (2008-05-22)

Oxford Learner's Pocket Phrasal Verbs and Idioms

• 1st edition: Includes 1,500 phrasal verbs and idioms, 134 units divided into 24 modules in topics such as sport, study, business, social events and home technology; information on style, synonyms, opposites and derivatives, and common word partners.

• paperback edition (ISBN 0-19-432549-0, 978-0-19-432549-3)

• 1st? impression (2013-01-17)

Oxford Learner's Pocket Thesaurus

• 1st edition: Includes over 25,000 synonyms and antonyms, up to 12 synonyms given for each of 5,000 key words.

• Paperback version (ISBN 0-19-475204-6, 978-0-19-475204-6)

• 1st? impression (2010-05-13)

• Counterpack version (includes 5 copies of the Pocket Thesaurus)

• ?th impression ()

Oxford Learner's Pocket Verbs and Tenses

• 1st edition: Includes 110 units are divided into 14 sections.

• paperback edition (ISBN 0-19-432569-5, 978-0-19-432569-1)

• 1st? impression (2013-02-28)

Oxford Learner's Pocket Word Skills

• 1st edition: Includes over 3,500 key words and phrases, 180 topics including the news, technology and the environment.

• paperback edition (ISBN 0-19-462014-X, 978-0-19-462014-7)

• 1st? impression (2011-12-22)

Oxford Learner's Quick Reference Grammar

• Android version (ISBN 978-0-19-450280-1): Includes 181 topics, over 2000 examples.

• Version 1.1.10.0 (Android 4.0.3, 2016-08-31)

• iOS 9th edition (ISBN 978-0-19-450278-8): Includes 181 topics, over 2000 examples. Supports iOS 7.0 or later.

New Oxford Intermediate Learner's Dictionary

• 1st? edition: Authored by Miranda Steel

• Paperback edition (ISBN 0-19-431540-1, 978-019-431540-1): Published by Oxford University Press.

• 1st? impression (2000-??-??).
• 2nd? impression (2001-??-??).

Oxford Advanced American Dictionary for learners of English

• 8th edition: Includes 145,000 words, phrases and meanings; 85,500 examples, 64 Reference pages including a 26-page Oxford Writing Tutor, over 1000 colour illustrations. CD-ROM includes iWriter, contents from printed dictionary, voice recording, Topic Dictionary, searchable picture dictionary, pop-up Genie software integration. CD-ROM supports Windows XP-7, Macintosh OS X 10.4.

• Paperback+CD-ROM version (ISBN 0-19-439966-4, 978-0-19-439966-1): Published by Oxford University Press.

• 1st impression (2011-03-25)

• iOS version: Published by Oxford University Press ELT.

• 1.0 (iOS 4.0, 2011-07-28)

Oxford Basic American Dictionary for learners of English

• New edition: Includes 27,000 words, phrases and meanings; 15,000 examples, 25 Reference pages, over 500 colour illustrations, 2000 keywords from Oxford 3000 keywords. CD-ROM includes contents from printed dictionary, Topic Dictionary, searchable picture dictionary, pop-up Genie software integration. CD-ROM supports Windows XP-7, Macintosh OS X 10.4.

• Paperback+CD-ROM version (ISBN 0-19-439969-9, 978-0-19-439969-2): Published by Oxford University Press.

• 1st impression (2011-01-15)

Oxford American Dictionary for learners of English

• 1st edition: Includes 42,000 words, phrases and meanings; 35,000 examples, 45 Reference pages including a 16-page Oxford Writing Tutor, 650 colour illustrations. CD-ROM includes iWriter, contents from printed dictionary, voice recording, Topic Dictionary, searchable picture dictionary, pop-up Genie software integration. CD-ROM supports Windows XP-7, Macintosh OS X 10.4.

• Paperback+CD-ROM version (ISBN 978-0-19-439972-2): Published by Oxford University Press.

• 1st impression (2010-12-12)

Oxford ESL Dictionary

• 1st edition: Includes over 40,000 entries with over 1,000 illustrated words, over 30,000 examples.

• paperback edition (ISBN 0-19-431683-1, 978-019-431683-5)

• 1st? impression (2004-06-30)

Oxford ESL Dictionary for learners of English

• 2nd edition (Oxford ESL Dictionary for learners of English new edition With Canadian content/Oxford ESL Dictionary Pack: for learners of English): Canadian version of Oxford American Dictionary for learners of English?. Includes 42,000 words, phrases and meanings; 35,000 examples, 45 Reference pages including a 16-page Oxford Writing Tutor, 650 colour illustrations. CD-ROM includes iWriter, contents from printed dictionary, voice recording, Topic Dictionary, searchable picture dictionary, pop-up Genie software integration.

• Paperback+CD-ROM version (ISBN 0-19-439414-X, 978-0-19-439414-7): Published by Oxford University Press.

• 1st impression (2012-04-30)

English-Chinese dictionaries

The Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English with Chinese Translationedit

• 2nd? edition (現代高級英漢雙解辭典/现代高级英汉双解辞典): Published by The Commercial Press and Oxford University Press for Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong.^[6]

• ?th impression (1970-??-??)

The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current Englishedit

• 2nd edition (牛津高級英英英漢雙解辭典): Published by Tung Hua Book Co., Ltd. in Taiwan. Based on English OALD 2nd edition.

• ?th impression (ISBN 978-957-636-479-2) (1978-11)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current Englishedit

• 3rd edition (牛津高級英英英漢雙解辭典) (ISBN 957-636-400-0): Published by Tung Hua Book Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.

• ?th impression (1984)
• ?th impression (ISBN 957-636-050-1, 978-957-636-050-3) (1989)
• paperback/hardcover? edition (ISBN 957-636-152-4, 978-957-636-152-4)

• ?th impression (1990?/1993-02-17)

• Hardcover/paperback? edition (ISBN 957-636-400-0, 978-957-636-400-6)

• ?th impression (1982?/1993-02-17)

• 6th edition (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English Revised and updated/牛津高級英英英漢雙解辭典革新版): Published by Tung Hua Book Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.

• ?th impression (ISBN 957-636-416-7, 978-957-636-416-7) (1995-08-01(1995-01-08?))
• ?th impression (ISBN 957-636-152-4, 978-957-636-152-4) (1997-05-01(1997-01-05?)/1990?)

• 4th edition (牛津高級英英英漢雙解辭典) (ISBN 957-636-400-0)

• 6th edition (1989-09), 6th edition 7th impression (2000-10)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English with Chinese Translationedit

• 3rd Traditional Chinese edition (牛津現代高級英漢雙解辭典) (ISBN 978-7-100-00636-1):

• ?th impression (1988-??-??)
• ?th impression (1995-??-??)

• 3rd Simplified Chinese by The Commercial Press in China (牛津现代高级英汉双解词典（简化汉字本）) (ISBN 0-19-583409-7, 978-0-19-583409-3): Based on the English OALD 3rd Edition.

• ?th impression (1988-05)
• ?th impression (1995)

Oxford English-Chinese Reader's Dictionaryedit

• 3rd edition ()

• Traditional Chinese (牛津英漢雙解辭典): Published by Oxford University Press and sold by Chuanwushufang.

• ?th impression (1981)

• 3rd edition

• Traditional Chinese (牛津英漢雙解辭典) (ISBN 0-195-83703-7, 978-0-195-83703-2): Published by Crane Publishing Co., Ltd. Based on the English OALD 3rd Edition. Edited by Lin Lianchang.

• ?th impression (1982)
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