How do I access the Oxford English Dictionary Online?

About Oxford Dictionary of English Oxford Dictionary of English is a free dictionary app that gives you access to more than 350,000 words, phrases and meanings.

The new OED Online offers many tasters and routes into the dictionary’s 600,000 words and 3 million quotations. If you like words, then these may be for you.

In 2016, the free content of Oxford Dictionaries Online was rebranded as Oxford Living Dictionaries, and the subscription content as Oxford Dictionaries Premium .

Most libraries offer remote access. This means that, if you are a member of your local library, you can access the OED Online for free anywhere you have internet access. Just enter your library membership number (on your library card) in the box provided on the OED homepage under Library account .