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There are around 273,000 headwords in the Oxford English Dictionary. A headword is the simplest form of a verb, excluding derivatives. So go counts as a headword but not going.
Set has the most separate entries in the Oxford English Dictionary (463).
It takes several different grammatical forms, including:
- concrete verb to 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 set of problems.