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罢丑别听糖心Vlog English Dictionary听(OED) is a historical dictionary, containing over 500,000 entries and 3.5 million quotations to capture over 1,000 years of English.

Every quarter, we update the OED by revising versions of existing entries as well as defining new words and senses. These updates subtly broaden our understanding of the English language and its use around the world.

10 highlights from this quarter’s update听

1. We added more than 900 new words, phrases, and senses to the OED this quarter, including , , , , and . How long have we been referring to domestic animals as four-legged friends? Our very earliest quotation鈥攆rom 1778鈥攁ctually refers to a donkey. Jennifer Hurd, New Words Editor, about the words added this quarter.

2. Benjamin Franklin and an anecdote commonly attributed to him, Gordie Howe and his aggressive style of playing ice hockey, Iain Banks and his coming-of-age novel, a high-ranking Mughal official and his important role in the provinces of the empire鈥� These are all people who have played a part in the story of some of the words featured, which includes new and revised entries from the Englishes of Australia, Canada, Scotland, and South Asia. Danica Salazar, Executive Editor, .

3. Amongst the new entries is , whose meaning is highly dependent on context for Australians and New Zealanders.

4. Meanwhile, (1857) is a phrase that was used to describe ships that were not within a designated area or were out of communication range. Now, it is more often used in South Asian, East African, and West African English to talk about a person who is away from their usual location.

5. is a great example of an expression that is new to the OED but not new to the language. English borrowed it from French, but it turns out that borrowing happened quite a long time ago: when we went digging, we found evidence in an English context all the way back to 1697!

6. We鈥檝e finally revised one of the oldest words in English, and indeed, music鈥�鈥攑roving an immensely productive source of new words, from , , to . Graeme Diamond, Executive Editor, provides a whistlestop tour .

7. We鈥檝e recorded 150 senses relating to the word , meaning crown, wreath, garland, or circle. It鈥檚 used in a wide range of scientific terms, including some that describe scientific phenomena, and others that describe anatomical features in both humans and animals. Read more from OED Science Editor Catherine Bowden .

8. We disentangle the pronunciation of , which gets more complicated when it comes to derived forms , , and . Read more from Senior Editor Aliki Pantos and Executive Editor Catherine Sangster .

9. We鈥檝e linked around 500 more senses to the computing and information technology section of the Historical Thesaurus of the OED, both ancient (by computing standards at least) and modern. from Mike Timpany, OED Science Editor.

10. And lastly, in some of our entries you听can now use a tool called the AI Quotations Finder. This is an AI-powered tool,听launching in beta,听that can be used to provide more usage evidence of a particular OED You can find guidance at .

Explore the update in more depth .