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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