App Detail » Longman Idioms Dictionary

Published by: Pearson Education Limited

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: $7.99
Current Version: 6.7
Released: August 05, 2009

What's New

Support for iPhone6 and iPhone6 Plus screen resolutions.
Support for iCloud syncing of Bookmark lists over 1MB.
Full iOS9 support.

App Description

Tearing your hair out over idioms?
Feel like you're always in the dark?
Don't worry - you can't go wrong with the Longman Idioms Dictionary, an up-to-the-minute dictionary that will help you stay ahead of the game.  

For intermediate-advanced learners of English  

● More than 6000 idioms from spoken and written English, like ‘go postal’, ‘it's all gone pear-shaped’, and ‘be on the same page’ 
● Wide coverage of both American and British English 
● Clear, accurate definitions, written using the Longman 2000-word Defining Vocabulary
● Add idioms to your bookmarks and build your own flashcard sets
● Thousands of examples
● Progressive look up to help you quickly find the idiom you need
●  Automatic history 
● No internet connection is necessary
● Hyperlinked cross-references to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (sold separately)

New Functionality:
● unique three-way cross-referencing search
● real-time progressing look-up
● wildcard pattern searches -with * ?
● support for search from other applications
● OS-independent app localization
● iPod, iPhone & iPad compatible "universal app"
● Full "Retina Display" support
● Bookmarks with folders and editable notations
● Bookmark syncing across devices via iCloud (iOS5)

Social Media
● supports Facebook APIs.
● Twitter & Evernote posts.
● Full layout for definition emails and Evernote posts.