Dictionary.com - Dictionary & Thesaurus
by Dictionary.com
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Description
**PLEASE READ: This app takes several minutes to install through a wired connection, even longer over Wi-Fi.**
The Dictionary.com app delivers world-class reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com including more than 275,000 definitions and 80,000 synonyms. No Internet connection is needed. The app also features audio pronunciations, similarly spelled words and Dictionary.com’s popular Word of the Day that is enjoyed by more than a million users.
• Named as a top 10 app in the App Store’s High School Survival Guide
• One of 30 favorite apps in the iTunes App Store
• Voted best app for college students - US News & World Report
• Recognized as a top 10 Back-to-School iPhone App – Time Magazine
Features:
• Dictionary, Thesaurus and Word of the Day
• More than 275,000 definitions in the Dictionary
• More than 80,000 synonyms in the Thesaurus
• Alphabetical indexing
• Similarly spelled words
• Spelling and audio pronunciation
• Example sentences
• Non-standard uses
• Word origin and history
• Editable recent word look-up
• No Internet connection required for Dictionary and Thesaurus content
• Internet connection required for Word of the Day, audio pronunciations and similarly spelled words
**NOTE: Because most of Dictionary.com's content is available offline, this app is large. We highly recommend installing this app over Wi-Fi or through a wired connection.**
What's New in Version 1.0.1
+ Ready for iPhone OS 3.0
+ Bug fixes
+ Attention iPhone Developers! Use the Dictionary.com protocol handler in your app: dcom://dictionary/perfection
Customer Reviews
Five star as is. But some suggestions.
As it stands, this app is tremendous. It provides the comprehensiveness of other dictionary apps that cost $20 to $30, except this app is free and has a thesaurus and word of the day built in as well. Just for your information, this app is based on the unabridged version of the Random House dictionary and ppears to be as comprehensive as another paid app that I have (American Heritage Fourth Edition).
Now on the the recommendations.
1. It would be great if there could be an optional setting to have the dictionary or thesaurus search keyboard come up automatically upon application launch instead of having to first tap the search bar.
2. Please disable the near constant prompt to get word of the day by email. I now can get word of the day in this app. Why would I need it in my email as well? It's a little annoying.
3. Provide some type of back button to go back to see the suggested words again. For example, if I type in "force", a number of predicted words pop up and I may click on "force-feed". But say I accidentally clicked this word and actually meant to click "forcefield". It would be nice to have a back button to go back and see the other predicted words for "force" again
Disturbing "Other" memory use
Seems like a very nice dictionary, but despite its claimed ~40MB footprint, I couldn't install it on my phone even though I had > 80MB free. After deleting some music, I had roughly 230MB free and tried again. When it finally installed I noticed my "Other" memory use doubled from about 220MB to well over 400MB, and my free memory droped to 7MB. This happened whether I installed through iTunes or directly from the app store on the phone.
Otherwise 5 stars for what seems to be a comprehensive, and free, dictionary.
Simple,yet effective!
I love this app.it's pretty simple but gets the job done. Now I have to make a
Decision between "dictionary" or "dictionary.com" as my dictionary app(I got dictionary way back when it was free).
UPDATE:I made my decision and Im keeping this app cuz it has far more definitions and takes less memory :)
- Category: Reference
- Updated Jun 15, 2009
- Current Version: 1.0.1
- 1.0.1 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
- 35.6 MB
- Languages: English
- Seller: Dictionary.com
- © 2009 Dictionary.com, LLC.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.
