Collins English Dictionary

The dictionary uses language research based on the Collins Corpus, which is continually updated and has over 20 billion words.

[2] The 1979 edition of the dictionary, with Patrick Hanks as editor and Laurence Urdang as editorial director, was the first British English dictionary to be typeset from the output from a computer database in a specified format.

This meant that every aspect of an entry was handled by a different editor using different forms or templates.

In August 2012, CollinsDictionary.com introduced crowd-sourcing for neologisms,[6][7][8] whilst still maintaining overall editorial control to remain distinct from Wiktionary and Urban Dictionary.

The words are based on terms related to and influenced by slang, social media, food, technology, and more.