![]() For example, the Dictionary of American Regional English, normally called DARE, covers that topic much more thoroughly than the OED does. That said, there are certainly specialist dictionaries that cover particular topic areas more fully than the OED does. ![]() There is no other dictionary like it in the English everywhere. The OED is an historical dictionary, documenting words and their predominant senses over time. It notably gives pronunciations for both RP and in North American English, and has many, many, many terms that are marked as Australian or South African or this or that. It certainly is not! The OED covers English not just in England but all over the world. ![]() There seems to be some confusion that the Oxford English Dictionary is somehow for the English of England only.
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