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There are around 273,000 headwords in the Oxford English Dictionary. A headword is the simplest form, excluding derivatives - so go but not going.
The headword Set has the most separate entries in the Oxford English Dictionary (463).
It takes a number of different grammatical forms including:
- concrete verb Set an alarm on a clock
- abstract verb Mr Smith is set to take over as Prime Minister
- phrasal verb - the organisation was set up to tackle fraud
- concrete noun a box-set
- abstract noun a set of problems.