The OALD was first conceived by Oxford University Press (OUP) in the 1940s, with the aim of creating a dictionary that would meet the needs of advanced learners of English. The first edition, edited by A.S. Hornby, E.V. Gatenby, and Harold Wakefield, was published in 1948. Since then, the dictionary has undergone several revisions, with each edition incorporating new features, updated vocabulary, and improved definitions. The eighth edition, published in 2020, boasts over 100,000 words, phrases, and meanings, as well as over 7,000 idiomatic expressions and 10,000 example sentences.
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