: The edition utilized a "core sense" defining style, where the most common modern meaning of a word is listed first, rather than following a strict historical order.
: It introduced thousands of new words and meanings, particularly from the burgeoning worlds of technology and the internet, such as "World Wide Web" and early digital terminology. Oxford Dictionary Tenth Edition
While the broader Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a historical record of every word in the English language since 1150 AD, the Concise versions—like the Tenth Edition—are designed for daily use. For example, whereas the OED might track the word "hegemony" back to its 16th-century Greek origins, the COD10 focuses on its contemporary definition as leadership or dominance by one social group over others. : The edition utilized a "core sense" defining