Concise Oxford English Dictionary

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary

Original title	The Concise Oxford Dictionary
Language	English
Release number	12th edition
Genre	Dictionary
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	18 August 2011
Publication place	United Kingdom
Pages	1696
ISBN	978-0-19-960108-0
Preceded by	11th edition

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary (officially titled The Concise Oxford Dictionary until 2002, and widely abbreviated COD or COED) is one of the best-known of the 'smaller' Oxford dictionaries. The latest edition contains over 240,000 entries and 1,728 pages ("concise" compared to the OED at over 21,000 pages). Its 12th edition, published in 2011, is used by both the United Nations (UN) and NATO as the current authority for spellings in documents in English for international use.^[1][2] It is available as an e-book for a variety of handheld device platforms.^{[citation needed]} In addition to providing information for general use, it documents local variations such as United States and United Kingdom usage.

It was started as a derivative of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), although section S–Z had to be written before the Oxford English Dictionary reached that stage. However, starting from the 10th edition, it is based on the Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE) rather than the OED.^{[citation needed]} The most recent edition is the 12th, published in 2011.