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What's New

Fixes for IAP

App Description

This app is not free!
An InApp purchase is required to activate the dictionary.

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Longman's flagship learner’s dictionary, fully updated and now with integrated Thesaurus and Collocations Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- For Advanced Learners ©

Longman's flagship learner’s dictionary is now available as an iPhone/iPod touch application. Improve your fluency in English with the most up-to-date learner's dictionary at your fingertips.

Now with integrated Thesaurus and Collocations Dictionary.

Dictionary details:
● 230,000 words, phrases, and meanings - more than any other learner's dictionary
● 165,000 examples based on real, natural English from the Longman Corpus Network show how English is really used
● 10,000 encyclopedic entries -people and places.
● Clear definitions. Written using only 2,000 common words.
● Most frequent 3,000 words in spoken & written English highlighted for you
● Register Notes focus on the differences between spoken and written English.
● The Academic Word List is highlighted to help you improve your essays and presentations.
● Grammar and warning notes ensure that you avoid the most common errors.
● Integrated Collocations Dictionary. Over 80,000 collocations will improve your fluency.
● Integrated Thesaurus. Over 20,000 synonyms, antonyms, and related words will improve your vocabulary range.

● 86,000 pronunciation files —all headwords in both UK & US accents.
PLUS
● another 86,000 recorded example sentences (via external links due to size)
Over 20GB of audio online!

Making this the largest resource of English available on ANY mobile platform!

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Application Features:
● full contents of the print dictionary
- PLUS additional collocations, synonyms & word histories
● complete front matter and additional resources
● unique three-way cross-referencing search
● real-time progressing look-up
● wildcard pattern searches -with * ?
● spelling suggestion dictionary included
● hyperlinking directly to meanings & appendices
● example sentence search
● search on idioms and phrasal verbs
● search on synonym and "sign-post" meanings
● Bookmarks with folders and editable notations
● Bookmark syncing across devices via iCloud
● Flashcards to test yourself
● automatic history listing
● Teacher's resources in PDF for printing or email
● Evernote posts with the full layout for definitions
● full layout in emails, Facebook and printing
● -plus Twitter & Sina Weibo
● "Word-of-the-Day" sets including TOEIC® & TOEFL®
● iPad Pro SplitView and Drag & Drop
● "Today" widget for finding new words
● "Share" extension​ to search inside other apps
● "LDOCE Broadcast" - search to a second device or iPad SplitView
● search from other applications via a public API
● DarkMode & 3D Touch support
● OS-independent app localization
● complete offline use
● Supports iOS 9 through to iOS 14
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The ultimate learner's resource of the English language for use anywhere and anytime.

Copyright:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
© Pearson Education Limited 2009, 2011, 2015

App Changes

• June 13, 2014 Initial release
• August 05, 2014 New version 6.1.1
• August 11, 2014 New version 6.1.2
• September 08, 2014 New version 6.1.3
• October 18, 2014 New version 6.1.4
• November 08, 2014 New version 6.2
• November 14, 2014 New version 6.2.1
• May 21, 2015 New version 6.3
• November 01, 2015 New version 6.5
• March 13, 2016 New version 6.7
• November 26, 2016 New version 6.9
• August 16, 2019 New version 9.0
• July 15, 2020 New version 9.5.1
• October 28, 2020 New version 9.7
• November 12, 2020 New version 9.8
• December 10, 2020 New version 10.0
• August 06, 2021 New version 11.4.1