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Every quarter, a range of entries in OED Online will be replaced by updated versions produced by the OED's revision programme. New entries will also be added across the alphabet.

Publication history

Click on a range to see more details of the entries published in that range, including the new entries added to the Dictionary.

Publication date	Revised range	Other new features
11 June 2009	rean-recylist	The thirtieth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
12 March 2009	A to Z (3)	The third batch of cross-alphabet revision is published. The thirtieth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
11 December 2008	ran-reamy	The twenty-ninthth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
11 September 2008	A to Z (2)	The second batch of cross-alphabet revision is published. The twenty-eigthth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
12 June 2008	quittal-ramvert	The twenty-seventh batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
13 March 2008	A to Z (1)	The first batch of cross-alphabet revision is published. The twenty-sixth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
13 December2007	purpress-quit shilling	The twenty-fifth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
14 September 2007	proter-purposive	The twenty-fourth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
14 June 2007	prima-proteose	The twenty-third batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
15 March 2007	Prakrit-prim	The twenty-second batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
14 December 2006	pomander-prajnaparamita	The twenty-first batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
14 September 2006	pleb-Pomak	The twentieth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
15 June 2006	pi-mesic-pleating	The nineteenth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
16 March 2006	philanthropal-pimento	The eighteenth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
15 December 2005	perfect-philandering	-
8 September 2005	Paul–Bunnell-perfay	A new page design for the Dictionary is launched.
9 June 2005	papula-Paul	The seventeenth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
10 March 2005	ovest-Papua New Guinean	The sixteenth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
9 December 2004	ou-overzealousness	The fifteenth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published. The new edition is switched to a single A to Z sequence of mixed revised and unrevised entries.
9 September 2004	orb-ottroye	The fourteenth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
10 June 2004	olm-orature	The thirteenth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
11 March 2004	nud-ollycrock	The twelfth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
11 December 2003	Nipkow disc-nuculoid	The eleventh batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
11 September 2003	necial-Nipissing	The tenth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
12 June 2003	must-necessity	The ninth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
13 March 2003	Motswana-mussy	The eighth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
12 December 2002	mono-motrix	The seventh batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
12 September 2002	mivvy-monnisher	The sixth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
13 June 2002	mis-mitzvah	The fifth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
14 March 2002	mid-Mirzapur	The fourth batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published.
10 January 2002		The Advanced Search page is added.
13 December 2001	met-micturition	The third batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published
13 September 2001	Men-mesylation	New material added to the archive. The second batch of new entries from across the alphabet is published
14 June 2001	mebbe-memsahib	New entries from across the alphabet are published for the first time
15 March 2001	mast-meaty	A worksheet on using OED Online
14 December 2000	marciaton-massymore	An appeal for help with checking quotations from Dr. Johnson's Dictionary cited by the OED
15 September 2000	man-march stone	An archive containing prefatory material from the printed Second Edition of the OED
15 June 2000	mai-mamzer	Bibliography to the Second Edition added to the Help Text
14 March 2000 (Launch of OED Online)	M-mahurat	Publication online of the entire text of the OED's Second Edition (1989) and Additions Series (1993 and 1997).

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