"The one constant of a vibrant living language is change," Gregory Barlow, president of Merriam-Webster, explained in the ...

Dictionary Day on October 16 celebrates the birth of Noah Webster, an American writer who was born in 1758. Webster is best-known for publishing the first dictionary in 1806, which he continued to ...

The Oxford University Press (OUP) announced the launch of a trilingual Sanskrit-Hindi-English dictionary to make the Sanskrit ...

For eight hours a day, five days a week, every week until the heat death of the universe or the day human beings stop ...

The Oxford University Press (OUP) on Friday announced the launch of a trilingual Sanskrit-Hindi-English dictionary to make ...

The “camel toe” has reportedly made a major comeback, this time with a modern new name after being dubbed “crotch cleavage” ...

Our lexicographers monitor a huge range of sources to select which words and definitions to add,” Merriam-Webster's Peter ...

Merriam-Webster recently announced its latest slate of additions to the dictionary—some 200 new words and definitions that, as usual, are an eclectic blend of ones you probably assumed already ...

“We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform Oxford Street to deliver a safer, greener part of the capital that creates new jobs and boosts growth for London and other parts of the UK.

I am writing this on Dictionary Day. If that isn’t a perfect holiday, I don’t know what is. My Oxford English Dictionary was ...

A pub in east Oxford is getting its old name back after it was bought by new owners. Morgan Pub Company, which runs The Grapes in George Street, and Gardeners Arms in North Parade, has taken over ...

Kofie John-Welch, 29, was arrested at his Oxford home 22 minutes after the new law came into effect, Thames Valley Police said. The new law defined the weapons as “any bladed weapon over eight ...