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These tables compare modern and notable English dictionaries, split by market segment. Unless noted after the edition number, all are single-volume works. ==Full-size== These dictionaries generally aim for extensive coverage of the language for native speakers. They typically only cover one variety of English, either British or American. Note that the publisher's definition of an ''entry'' differs. Some publishers count derivatives as separate entries while others count expressions consisting of more than one words as separate entries. The number of entries is a marketing term that should never be used to compare dictionaries. As an example, the 6th Edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED6, 2007) contains approximately: *104,000 entries (where only the word "back" is listed.) *125,000 entries when parts of speech are separately listed ("back" is listed 5 times, 2 times as a noun, as an adjective, as a verb, and also as an adverb.) *172,000 entries when derivatives are also counted. *600,000 entries when different meanings (12 meanings for the first "back" noun listing alone) and phrases (at the back of, back and edge, behind one's back etc) are also counted. The 2nd Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) includes more historical entries because it also lists words that have been obsolete for centuries (back to the 7th century) due to changes in meaning and orthography. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary only covers usage back to the 18th century. Learner's dictionaries typically contain 40,000 to 50,000 words, which is half to one third of the current usage, but still claim hundreds of thousands of "entries". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Comparison of English dictionaries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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