Description
Dictionarium is brought to you by Semantico, provider of online publishing solutions for the world’s leading publishers.
Dictionarium is a free online encyclopedic English dictionary. The app brings GNU Project's publication of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (CIDE), to Apple mobile platforms in fully searchable form.
Dictionarium's improved features include:
- 300,000 words available
- Instantaneous viewing facilities, dictionary stored in-app for instant lookup even while offline
- 'Word of the Day' button
- Ability to save bookmarks and to see recently viewed items
- Share functionality with Twitter, Facebook and other social networks.
Dictionarium also includes:
- Synonyms
- Etymology (word history)
- Pronunciation
- Alternative spellings
- Optimised for iPad and iPhone 4's Retina display.
The GCIDE Dictionary was derived from the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary and from WordNet, a semantic network created by the Cognitive Science Department of Princeton University under the direction of Prof. George Miller. For more information about this version of The Collaborative International Dictionary of English, see the GCIDE XML home page.
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What's New in Version 2.0
Instant Search (try it!)
Word of the Day
Share with your friends on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks!
- Free
- Category: Reference
- Updated: 20 June 2011
- Version: 2.0
- Size: 23.3 MB
- Languages: English, Basque, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese
- Developer: Semantico Ltd
- © 2011 Semantico Ltd
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
