Second Edition of the OED

The Second Edition of the Dictionary, published in 1989, was an amalgamation of the text of the First Edition with that of the Supplement produced in 1972–86, combined with approximately five thousand entries for new words and meanings.

• Dedication to the Queen (1989)
• Preface to the Second Edition
• The New Oxford English Dictionary Project
• Introduction to the Second Edition
• General Explanations to the Second Edition (forthcoming)
• The History of the Oxford English Dictionary
• Second Edition staff and contributors
• Bibliography to the Second Edition
• Pronunciation in the Second Edition