The best American English learner's dictionary is better than ever, with new words and new features. Based on the world''s 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. The second edition offers advanced search features and a thesaurus. The audio version features spoken pronunciations for every word.
Features:
The most up-to-date dictionary of American English available.
Over 60,000 meanings and examples are included.
Organized by meaning, so there''s no guesswork needed to find the exact meaning a student is looking for.
Full-sentence, corpus-based examples show how English is really used.
Up-to-date vocabulary ("DSL," "Jihad," "morph," "PDA," "retro," "Wiki") defines the language of today.
More then 200 usage panels help you avoid errors commonly made in English.
Usage notes help learners to avoid common mistakes.
Frequency information helps learners identify the words they need to know.
Clear definitions make meanings easy-to-understand.
Guidewords help learners find the meaning they want?fast!
Full-sentence examples show how English is really used.
The MSDict Dictionary Format
The dictionary is powered by the MSDict technology especially enhanced for the latest Android devices with the following key benefits:
Quick dynamic search of words while you type
Transcriptions facilitating pronunciation
Hyperlinks between different related words
History to see the last 50 words you have looked up
Support for memory cards
Filters to help you locate the word you are searching for:
Fuzzy filter- used when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word
Keyword-used to locate the instances of a key word within other compound words
Wild card - "?" and "*" replace a letter and group of letters in words
Fast article scrolling
Ability to have dictionary Word of the day as a widget on the phone home screen
Ability to search words in the installed dictionaries through the standard phone search feature
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Supported operating systems:
Google Android 1.0, Google Android 1.5, Google Android 1.6, Google Android 10.x, Google Android 2.0, Google Android 2.1, Google Android 2.2, Google Android 2.3, Google Android 3.0, Google Android 3.1, Google Android 3.2, Google Android 4.0, Google Android 4.1, Google Android 4.2, Google Android 4.3, Google Android 4.4, Google Android 5.x, Google Android 6.x, Google Android 7.x, Google Android 8.x, Google Android 9.x
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