Merriam-Webster Dictionary Pro

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Pro

By Merriam-Webster, Inc.

  • Category: Reference
  • Release Date: 2011-12-09
  • Current Version: 5.0.3
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 250.74 MB
  • Developer: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
Score: 4.81236
4.81236
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Description

Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. This is the best 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 * Full Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices, examples, and explanations * 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 * Quick Definitions: perfect for on-the-go lookups * 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 * Apple Watch Extension: See Word of the Day, look up words with voice search, and keep track of your favorites from your watch * Premium Content: over 1000 graphical illustrations, and over 20,000 additional entries covering people, places, and foreign terms Please click the link to the Application License Agreement, below, which includes our App Privacy Policy.

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  • Great Tool!

    5
    By DBD007XOX
    Easy to use, great pronunciation guide for bi-lingual speakers! Love it!
  • Fine Tune Your Vocabulary on the Fly

    5
    By AppleShooter
    Merriam-Webster Dictionary Pro (aka ‘premium’) is well worth the price. You pay once and own it without needing to subcribe unless you prefer that option. Webster and its competitor Oxford, have been my standards for looking up definitions since the 1950s and 60s respectively. I inherited and still own my father’s massive Webster dictionary, now an antiquarian book that I still occasionally use. Having Merriam-Webster Dictionary Pro on my iPhone is a priceless convenience especially when I’m reading or writing, which is what I do many hours daily. I would like to see the app adding dark screen mode capability for night time reading because it helps prevent insomnia for incessantly reading nerds like myself.
  • Etymologies?

    4
    By 22jeffm
    Useful useful quick definitions, bI miss full word historir
  • 12 Pro Max (iOS 14.x)

    1
    By notknwn_
    Please add support for landscape use and dark mode on iOS. Users have been waiting for years at this point. Forcing readers from landscape use of their devices and into portrait orientation always shatters immersion, and nighttime use of the app is unpleasant at best. These issues leave one to resort to stock alternatives (eg, Oxford) that operate in a manner consistent with both screen orientation and system theme. I almost never use the app anymore at this point. – – – – –FULL REVIEW: The quality of life improvements are welcome, as the user experience has improved in almost every conceivable way with this update. M-W’s form and function remain first in class, but many users would still like to see suggestions listed for misspellings, all too common on cramped virtual keyboards. Having to use fine scrolling or backspacing to the erroneous character has always felt tedious, even onerous. Another long-standing (ie, over four years and counting to date) request: LANDSCAPE SUPPORT. Many users are sick of being torn from landscape to portrait mode when multitasking. Minus two stars initially, then three, which feels generous because the devs are not listening. They also have not added support for dark mode in iOS. PLEASE ADD DARK MODE SUPPORT!
  • Not real Add free

    1
    By Nini110
    I purchased the pro, because I hate Add. However, when I am reviewing my saved words, Adds jumping out one by one. Hate that!!!!
  • A Beautiful, Reliable, Powerful Catalyst for Thinking

    5
    By Keither44
    Words are the symbols and abstractions with which we construct our worlds. The more precise the definitions, the more useful in helping us to fit into the greater realities around us, and also help shape these same realities.
  • Best app ever

    5
    By ygsmfsjgfjfsgfg
    The best app I ever have is this
  • So worth it!

    5
    By Mariter
    Best reference a
  • A go-anywhere friend

    5
    By jpsteiner2
    The perfect go-anywhere friend on my quest to learn.
  • Great dictionary

    5
    By Dr. Osler
    Just got it to replace the American Heritage which constantly annoyed by demanding a 5-star rating and then just quit working; this dictionary is terrific—loads of info, app works perfectly so far (and doesn’t pester the user for reviews). Well worth it. 5 stars.

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