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The "Collins English Dictionary" search shows, at present, 68 results in article space. Most, I presume, should be wikilinked here. — Charles Stewart (talk) 21:18, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It has now increased to 1366 results (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=%22Collins+English+Dictionary%22&fulltext=Search&ns0=1).Adamsamuelwilson (talk) 11:12, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Roughly doubling every 2 ½ years then? Jabberwoch (talk) 22:04, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Use of computers for 1979 edition

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Citations have been requested for the info about the use of computers for 1979 edition. These pages from New Scientist Vol. 83, No. 1173, 20 Sep 1979 might be a good starting point in looking for info.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nurg (talkcontribs) 02:00, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Editions

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(1/3) The main article suggests that the 14th Edition came out last year "was published on August 31, 2023", but suggests it has 200,000 entries, but the 14th Edition I see is advertising 732,000+ entries.

(2/3) Collins Complete and Unabridged - English Dictionary Complete and Unabridged: More than 730,000 words meanings and phrases (14th edition)

(3/3) I'm wondering if there are two series from Collins called `English Dictionary`, for this issue? (talk)

  • Adding: I have corrected the "number of entries" upward and added the 14th Edition reference that I have (above). If I had time to do the research to uncover all the available ISBNs of the different editions, and build a table, I would do so. Vollink (talk) 18:46, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]