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Re:Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary surviv... by dragonwriter on Monday February 26, 2018 @05:10PM (#16469438)
> That's simply not true. The OED has the current meanings, in more depth than anyone else.

The printed OED does not, though there have been separate print supplements to the print edition that get it closer.

The online edition, OTOH, does.

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Re:Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary surviv... by forapurpose on Monday February 26, 2018 @06:03PM (#16469787)
It depends on how fast the meaning of that particular word has changed.

Tangentially, is there a better use case for moving to a database than 20+ volumes of books? To put it another way, if someone had a database and said, 'hey, let's print this thing out - it will be around 20 large books - and sell it!' ...

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