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Linking to the OED

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Lookup tools

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Training

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Teaching and learning with the OED

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I don’t understand what a ‘lemma’ is…

The answer to this and many other terms are available in our glossary.

I don’t know what some of the abbreviations mean. Do you have a list of them?

Take a look at our list of abbreviations.