What happened to Lexico on the 26th of August 2022?
Lexico closed its doors and redirected traffic to Dictionary.com on the 26th of August 2022. This date marked the end of an independent dictionary website that had operated since 2019.
Questions about Lexico
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who owns the content on the Lexico platform?
Oxford University Press staff wrote every definition appearing on the Lexico platform despite the operational partnership with Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com operated the website while Oxford University Press provided all lexicographic content.
When did free English and Spanish dictionaries move to Lexico.com?
The year 2019 marked a significant shift when free English and Spanish dictionaries moved to Lexico.com. This new platform emerged from a collaboration between Oxford University Press and Dictionary.com.
Which languages were available in the Oxford Global Languages project before March 2020?
By March 2020, the remaining Oxford Living Dictionaries websites hosting global language dictionaries maintained entries for over twenty languages including Malay Urdu Tswana Indonesian Romanian Latvian Swahili Hindi Tamil Gujarati Tatar Xhosa Southern Quechua Tajik Tok Pisin Turkmen Telugu and Greek. Zulu and Northern Sotho dictionaries became available online by 2015.
How does the Oxford English Dictionary differ from Oxford Dictionaries?
The Oxford English Dictionary describes itself as a historical dictionary recording all core words and meanings in English over more than one thousand years. In contrast Oxford Dictionaries focuses on current English with common meanings listed before specialist or technical uses.