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App Description

The WordWeb English dictionary and thesaurus: fast searching, spelling suggestions, definitions, usage examples, synonyms, related words - and no adverts. An offline audio version is available separately.

The comprehensive WordWeb dictionary database includes:

- 285,000 words, phrases and derived forms
- 225,000 word sense definitions
- 70,000 usage examples
- 85,000 text pronunciations
- Synonyms, similar and related words
- N. American, British, Australian and international English

A version with 70,000 professionally recorded audio pronunciations is available as a separate product.

The intelligent word entry suggests possible correct spellings as you type, as well as listing words that sound the same or are often confused.

Additional features include the ability to drill down on any word in a definition, full bookmark support and history.

Search features include:

- Alphabetical listing
- Spelling suggestions
- Sounds-like and often-confused
- Fast pattern-matching search (*, ?, vowel and consonant)
- Filter search results by noun, verb, adjective, adverbs
- Customize search options (case, derived forms, etc)

No Internet connection is required to use WordWeb, and it's free.

Chambers dictionary and thesaurus are also available, and you can cross-reference to both Chambers and old Oxford dictionary apps from WordWeb.

App Changes

• January 02, 2011 New version 1.52
• July 16, 2010 New version 1.51
• June 04, 2010 New version 1.50
• February 23, 2010 New version 1.42
• November 08, 2009 New version 1.41
• September 23, 2009 New version 1.4
• June 13, 2009 Price decrease: $1.99 -> FREE!
• June 12, 2009 Price increase: FREE! -> $1.99
• May 06, 2009 New version 1.31
• April 16, 2009 Price decrease: $4.99 -> FREE!
• September 24, 2011 New version 1.60
• December 18, 2011 New version 1.70
• December 22, 2011 New version 1.71
• January 08, 2012 New version 1.72
• April 13, 2012 New version 1.73
• September 20, 2012 New version 1.74
• July 17, 2013 New version 1.80
• October 21, 2013 New version 2.0
• December 02, 2013 New version 2.1
• July 12, 2014 New version 2.2
• July 15, 2014 New version 2.3
• September 24, 2014 New version 2.4
• November 28, 2015 New version 3.2
• November 05, 2016 New version 3.3
• June 14, 2019 New version 3.70
• November 11, 2019 New version 3.85
• July 14, 2020 New version 4.0
• October 22, 2020 New version 4.1
• September 16, 2023 New version 5.6
• March 26, 2024 New version 5.8