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figurative, specific). 'Special uses' of an adjective are not grammatically compounds, but share a similar organizational structure within the dictionary. Version 8.5.6 (iOS 8.0, 2017-02-15): Supports voice over, voice search in iOS 10. Compounds are frequently collected together in a section or group of sections at or near the end of an entry. Definitions can be descriptive or explanatory (describing or explaining the meaning of a word), structural (explaining a word's structure in a grammatical or syntactic sense), or can consist solely of a cross-reference to another related item within the dictionary. First edition: 350,000 entries (including 12,000 encyclopaedic entries and 52,000 scientific and technical words).

The paragraph of illustrative quotations contains a selection of authentic examples of usage illustrating a definition.

(For more details, see the preface to the Third Edition.). This entry illustrates the same form, but apparently as a misreading of one-yeared.

In the case of posthumously published books, the date normally given is that of the author's death (preceded by a = 'ante').

The homonym number distinguishes between words spelt in the same way, but with different origins (or etymologies): LETTER n.1 derives from the French word lettre; the second noun comes from the verb to let (= to hinder); the final noun has its roots in the more common English verb to let (= to allow).

Unless otherwise stated, the reference is typically to the source's first edition. Volumes 1 and 2 of the Series appeared in 1993, and Volume 3 in 1997. 5 million, Number of quotations used in Dictionary: 1,861,200, Number of authors represented in quotations: 2,700, Number of works represented in quotations: 4,500. Occasionally ‘ghost’ words find their way into print and into dictionaries.

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It continued to be possible to purchase the Dictionary in the form of ‘parts’ of roughly the same size as the earliest fascicles, these being generally equivalent to five single sections. Old and Middle English spellings are denoted OE and ME respectively (sometimes with the prefixes 'e' (= 'early') and 'l' (= 'late')). Pages. Size.

The words which they help to create are then either entered under the relevant affix or combining-form entry, or are given headword status in their own right. See an example entry. Sometimes initialisms are pronounced as words (e.g.