Meanings
proper nounOED or the OED
- abbreviationinitialismhuman sciencesInitialism of Oxford English Dictionary.
While the OED itself does not feature these definitions, they do appear in other reference books produced by the publisher, as well as online dictionary Lexico, which takes its content from OUP dictionaries.
2019 September 18, Lianne Kolirin, “Thousands sign petition to remove sexist terms from Oxford Dictionaries”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 May 2021
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Cite this entry
APA
OED. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OED
MLA
“OED.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OED. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “OED,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OED.
Source: OED on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.