Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, eighth grader Samara St. Louis was cramming for a spelling bee in 2012, when she stumbled upon a word that quickly became her favorite. "It's the last word in the dictionary ...

When the complete edition of what would become the Oxford English Dictionary debuted in 1928, it was lauded as a comprehensive collection of the English language, a glossary so vast—and so ...

The OED aimed to provide an exhaustive and authoritative record of all words and meanings in the English language from its earliest known origins to the present day. The first volume of the Oxford ...

An excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the academic elite to create a foundation for our vocabulary. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town ...

The eighth edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary, one of the most popular English-Chinese dictionaries in China, was released in Beijing on Aug 27, the first day of the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...