**The concise oxford dictionary**: In this completely revised and reset edition numerous corrections and additions have been made to bring the book up to date. The system of pronunciation devised for the Pocket Oxford Dictionary has been adopted, the senses have been usually numbered, the general abbreviations have been collected into an appendix, and the swung dash has been freely employed.
Some Press Opinions of Previous Editions.
In eveerything that we ordinarily expect of a proper dictionary -spelling, pronunciations, definitions, etymologies-it inherits the superiority of the Oxford Dictionary from which it is adapted. In everything else that can concern a dictionary of language (and how much that is!), it is not only without a superior, it is literally without a rival. The Times.
