ancient world dictionary finished

[bcbm]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110604/ap_on_re_us/us_postcard_the90_year_dictionary_project

[MarxSchmarx]

So what makes it "finished"? As the authors note, there is still quite a bit of archaeological work to be done. Wouldn't new words continually be unearthed and added, meanings amended and the like?

[bcbm]

So what makes it "finished"? As the authors note, there is still quite a bit of archaeological work to be done. Wouldn't new words continually be unearthed and added, meanings amended and the like?

the researchers decided this was the finished version, for now