The First and Last Word in Dictionaries
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary provides definitions for about 170,000 words, phrases and examples and is compiled to offer what learners need most in a dictionary. The Second Edition offers new, up-to-date vocabulary (e.g. sex up, speed-dating, whiteboard), new 'mini-collocation' boxes, and new frequency information to highlight the most important words to learn. The new Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary gives you everything you need to learn English and pass exams!
Bang Up-to-date and Easy to Use
- References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English
- All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable)
- Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams
- Only words from a defining vocabulary used to help make definitions easy to understand
- Over 90,000 examples, mainly full sentences, show you how English is used in context and help you write natural English.
- 25,000 collocations show the way words work together in English
The MSDict Dictionary Format
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is here presented in MSDict electronic format. MSDict offers best experience in mobile reference and is available for any handheld platform.
- 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 of multiple dictionaries installed at a time
- Support for memory cards
What is new in version 1.7?
- Ability to have dictionary Word of the day as a widget on the phone home screen
- Handy custom filters added to help you easily 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
- Ability to search words in the installed dictionaries through the standard phone search feature
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