Why a word is one dictionary but not another?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

Because words get added to the dictionary and become actual words every year, so if your 2008 Oxford Dictionary has the word "odd" and your 2002 Oxford Dictionary didn't it was simply because the 2008 one was a newer version. By the way, that was only an example.

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∙ 14y ago

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