Audio Cambridge Dictionary of American English app for iPhone and iPad


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Reference Education
Developer: MobiSystems, Inc.
16.99 USD
Current version: 8.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 20 Apr 2010
App size: 97.5 Mb

Based on the worlds largest corpus of American English, the Cambridge Dictionary of American English provides up-to-date vocabulary, easy-to-understand definitions, helpful usage notes, and examples that show how English is really used. This second edition offers advanced search features and a thesaurus, alongside spoken pronunciations for every word.

There are over 60,000 meanings and examples included, with up-to-date vocabulary definitions to stay relevant. Youll also find more then 200 usage panels help you avoid errors commonly made in English and frequency information to help identify a word you need to know.

Also includes advanced search and language tools that have become the staple of quality language apps from MobiSystems.

SEARCH TOOLS – effortlessly find words using a clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface. The integrated search tools activate automatically the moment you start typing:
* Search autocomplete helps find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type
* Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases
* An automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ to correct word spelling, as well as ‘Wild card’ (* or ?) to replace a letter or entire parts of a word
* Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results

LEARNING TOOLS – engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary:
* ‘Favorites’ feature to create custom folders with lists of words from the extensive library
* ‘Recent’ list to help you easily review looked-up words
* ‘Word of the day’ section to help expand your vocabulary every day
* Fun and engaging word games like Hangman, Word scramble and Anagrams give the opportunity to use newly learned words

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