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{{short description|First advanced learner's dictionary of English}}
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[[File:Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English.jpg|thumb|''Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English''. Special edition in two volumes (USSR, 1982).]]
[[File:Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 7th, 8th and 10th editions (cropped).jpg|thumb|7th, 8th and 10th editions of the ''Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary''.]]

The '''''Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary''''' ('''''OALD''''') was the first [[advanced learner's dictionary]] of English. It was first published in 1948. It is the largest English-language dictionary from [[Oxford University Press]] aimed at a non-native audience.

Users with a more linguistic interest, requiring etymologies or copious references, usually prefer the ''[[Concise Oxford English Dictionary]]'', or indeed the comprehensive ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', or other dictionaries aimed at speakers of English with native-level competence.