What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

New Look - updated UI
Share Definitions and Word of the Day
Newly revised 2015 definitions
Bug fixes

App Description

The best dictionary available for English language learners, from Merriam-Webster.

Master written and spoken English with this app designed especially for learners and teachers of the language.

Improve your understanding with full, clear definitions and numerous usage examples. The app also offers Voice Search – to let you look up a word without having to spell it – along with Audio Pronunciations, Word of the Day, Favorites, and more.

This is an essential app for anybody learning English.

Features:
* No Advertisements
* 100,000 words and phrases
* 160,000 usage examples that show how each word is used
* More than 22,000 idioms, verbal collocations, and commonly used phrases
* Count and noncount noun labeling
* Voice Search – Say the word and the app will find it for you!
* Audio Pronunciations – by native speakers of American English
* Integrated Thesaurus: Synonyms & Antonyms
* Word of the Day – includes idioms and phrasal verbs
* More than 1,000 illustrations
* Favorites – lets you keep track of words you want to remember
* Recent History – lets you keep track of the words you've looked up
* Reader View – lets you hide navigation buttons to see text in full screen
* For iPad: Scrolling Index - lets you browse the entire dictionary

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 12, 2014 Initial release
  • July 07, 2016 New version 2.0

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