| As of 30 November, 2005, the '''''OED''''' included about 301,100 main entries, comprising more than 350 million printed characters. Additional to the [[headword]]s of main entries, it has 157,000 combinations and derivatives in bold type, and 169,000 phrases and combinations in bold italic type, a total of 616,500 word-forms. It has 137,000 [[pronunciation]]s, 249,300 [[etymology|etymologies]], 577,000 cross-references, and 2,412,400 illustrative [[quotation]]s. The latest, complete ''printed'' edition of the dictionary (Second Edition, 1989) was 20 volumes, comprising 21,730 pages, with 291,500 entries. | | As of 30 November, 2005, the '''''OED''''' included about 301,100 main entries, comprising more than 350 million printed characters. Additional to the [[headword]]s of main entries, it has 157,000 combinations and derivatives in bold type, and 169,000 phrases and combinations in bold italic type, a total of 616,500 word-forms. It has 137,000 [[pronunciation]]s, 249,300 [[etymology|etymologies]], 577,000 cross-references, and 2,412,400 illustrative [[quotation]]s. The latest, complete ''printed'' edition of the dictionary (Second Edition, 1989) was 20 volumes, comprising 21,730 pages, with 291,500 entries. |