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Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Continuously updated with the newest words and meanings, this is the premier iOS app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building. And now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds. Hundreds of words to test your skills. Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you’re connected. You will need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search. Selected as a "Best New App" by iTunes. Features: * Universal app * No ads * Integrated Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices with examples of their use * New Vocabulary-Building Quizzes: fun, fast quizzes to learn new words or test your vocabulary * Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it * Word of the Day: learn a new word every day * Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context * Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots * Favorite Words and Search History: keep track of the words that are most important to you * Favorite Word Syncing Through iCloud: share your favorites between devices * Premium Content: over 1000 graphical illustrations, and over 15,000 additional entries covering people and places * For Tablets: browse the entire dictionary with a scrolling index * Apple Watch Extension: see the Word of the Day and find watch-sized definitions with voice search Please click the link to the Application License Agreement, below, which includes our App Privacy Policy.

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Oxford Deluxe (InApp)

Combines Oxford's largest single-volume English Dictionary and largest Thesaurus, plus audio, all in one application —making this the largest Oxford English reference on ANY mobile platform. ● The entire Oxford Dictionary of English, Second Edition (ODE) ● Oxford Thesaurus of English, Second Edition (OTE). Including extensive reading & reference material, over and above the core content ● 72,000 pre-recorded sound files from the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford SoundBank with native British voice actors. ************************************************ ◼ Application Features: ▪ full content of the unabridged texts ▪ complete appendices and front matter ▪ unique three-way cross-referencing search ▪ fallback online search for esoteric or archaic words and the latest slang ▪ real-time progressing look-up ▪ wildcard searches for unknown spellings and quizzes ▪ hyperlinking between dictionary & thesaurus ▪ automatic history ▪ bookmarks with editable notations ▪ iCloud Bookmark syncing ▪"AI Teacher" for deeper explanations or help for ESL students in 98 languages ▪ anagram generator. ▪ unique support for round-trip search from other applications ▪ "Share" module to search within other apps 　- with a history feature, so you can study later ▪ "Word-of-the-Day" feature with multiple words sets ▪ "Today" & LockScreen widgets ▪ iPad Pro multi-screen and Drag & Drop ▪ iPad "Fast App Switching" ▪ 3D Touch, Siri & DarkMode support ▪ iPhone 15 & iOS17 support ▪ iPhone, iPod, iPad & macOS support ************************************************ ◼ ODE Description ▶ The foremost single-volume authority on the English language ▶ Hundreds of new words and senses derived from the latest research from the Oxford English Corpus, giving the most complete and accurate picture of the English language The Oxford Dictionary of English is at the forefront of language research, focusing on English as it is used today, informed by the most up-to-date evidence from the largest language research programme in the world, including the 800-million-word Oxford English Corpus. This revised edition includes hundreds of brand-new words and senses, as well as up-to-date encyclopedic information, and extensive appendices covering topics such as countries, heads of state, and chemical elements. ◼ OTE Description ▶ Authoritative coverage of more synonyms and antonyms than any other A-Z thesaurus ▶ New and up-to-date synonyms and senses, based on the latest research from the Oxford English Corpus ▶ Accessible and easy to use, with synonyms given in order of usefulness and key synonyms highlighted ▶ Lists including foreign words and phrases, and imitative words added to the completely revised center section giving useful vocabulary on a broad range of topics, from clothes and food to medicine and music ▶ Special Features: Choose the Right Word boxes that help distinguish between close synonyms, plus Word Links panels: look up the word 'coin' and find the link with 'numismatic' The WordFinder section of word lists has been fully revised and reorganized with its own quick-reference index and includes topics from clothes and food, to medicine and music, with new lists of foreign words and phrases, archaic words, imitative words, British and American equivalents, and more. It is an invaluable resource to help broaden your vocabulary and provide quick answers to word puzzles and crossword clues. ◼ Sound Files from the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary & Oxford SoundBank * Features: ▶ high-quality recordings with native English pronunciations ▶ accurate coverage of different homographs, variant forms and inflections ▶ Now supported by SearchHub, a utility app for dictionary apps Powered by "UniDict® Engine 15" *********************************************** Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE), Second Edition revised © Oxford University Press 2005 Oxford Thesaurus of English (OTE) Second Edition revised © Oxford University Press 2006