Where words have more than one meaning, the most. The dictionary content in ODO focuses on current English and includes modern meanings and uses of words.
While ODO focuses on the current language and practical usage, the OED shows how words and meanings have changed over time. Bants (noun): playfully teasing or mocking remarks exchanged with another person or group banterīarbacoa (noun): (in Mexican cooking) beef, lamb, or other meat that has slowly been cooked with seasonings, typically shredded as a filling in tacos, burritos, etc. In the OED each word meaning is illustrated by a set of quotations, spanning perhaps many centuries, from the earliest recorded appearance to the most recent recorded usages. The OED and the dictionaries in ODO are themselves very different.
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