The Oxford English dictionary, or dictionary The Oxford English (OED) is a dictionary of the English language is the Oxford University Press it in 1884, has released. So far, two printed copies of this dictionary with this name and called the general in the years 1928 and 1989 have been published. Until December 2008, a quarter of the third edition of this culture of writing is. The Oxford English Dictionary, The Greatest dictionary in the English language. The first editor, the culture, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Scottish, etc., known as Sir James Murray (Sir James Marie), respectively. He was for 36 years (from 1879 until 1915, namely, when you died), etc. for continuous and ... supervision of the writing and formulation of the culture responsible for.