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Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Continuously updated with the newest words and meanings, this is the premier iOS app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building.

And now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds. Hundreds of words to test your skills.

Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you’re connected. You will need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search.

Selected as a "Best New App" by iTunes.
Features:
* Universal app
* No ads
* Integrated Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices with examples of their use
* New Vocabulary-Building Quizzes: fun, fast quizzes to learn new words or test your vocabulary
* Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it
* Word of the Day: learn a new word every day
* Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context
* Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots
* Favorite Words and Search History: keep track of the words that are most important to you
* Favorite Word Syncing Through iCloud: share your favorites between devices
* Premium Content: over 1000 graphical illustrations, and over 15,000 additional entries covering people and places
* For Tablets: browse the entire dictionary with a scrolling index
* Apple Watch Extension: see the Word of the Day and find watch-sized definitions with voice search
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Mphumezi Tyelbooi

I like it

Version 5.0.3

This has always been, and continues to be an awesome “pocket dictionary”. While the “clean, easy-to-read new design” is looking good, would you please look into allowing users to adjust the font size. This recent update makes everything seem so much bigger. If it’s already available, I can’t find it.

Excellent research resource

Merriam Webster is the official resource for APA 6th edition research. I recommend this resource for researchers, students and laypersons alike.

The best!!

Gives “meaning” and “understanding” to life. :)

Meets expectations

It works well and has good definitions too. It’s intuitive to use, very responsive without noticeable lag when searching and accurate with definitions. Serious writing requires a different dictionary though, still searching and might try Oxford for that 1 out of a thousand days when I need greater depth.

One of my Most Used Apps

Great app! One of my most used apps. Love the pronunciations function as well.

Great App

Brilliant easy and love the quiz of words. Will recommend it anytime to anyone

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