Macquarie Student Dictionary (Senior) 2.1
Device: iOS iPhone
Category: Reference
Price: $8.99 -> $4.99, Version: 2.1 (iTunes)
Description:**NEW FEATURES now including images and audio pronunciations
The Macquarie Student Dictionary (Senior) app is both international and uniquely Australian, providing a comprehensive reference of Australian English. Designed specially for students, the app answers their needs on matters of spelling, pronunciation and usage, instilling confidence in both their spoken and written language. Ideal for secondary school, university, and home.
The app includes:
Over 80,000 words and phrases
Over 124,000 definitions
Over 6000 encyclopedic entries
Over 22,000 word origins or etymologies
Over 25,000 audio pronunciations
Images for over 3000 entries
IPA pronunciations
Illustrative phrases
Usage notes
Search features include:
Simple and fast search
Voice search
Fuzzy and wildcard search options
Browse through entries
Bookmark entries
Recent search list
Note-taking feature
Cross-reference links
Options to share content
Word of the Day
Compatible with VoiceOver
Access anytime without an internet connection
*Note that access to audio pronunciations and images requires internet connection.
The app is up-to-date and features thousands of new words and definitions such as climate wars, ecowarrior, flashpacker, GFC, lifestreaming, twitterverse and toxic debt. It also includes:
- new computer words and technical jargon — advergaming, breadcrumb navigation, cybersquatting, first-person shooter
- new encyclopedic entries — Barangaroo, Earth Hour, Large Hadron Collider, Black Saturday
- words and phrases from regional Australia — black snow, hydro pole, nointer, schnitter
This app is from the publishers of the popular, authoritative Macquarie Dictionary — Australia's national dictionary. The Macquarie Dictionary continues to change, adapt and re-adjust to reflect Australian language.
Macquarie, by definition Australian
Copyright © Macquarie Dictionary Publishers Australia 2013.
What's New
Image updates
Macquarie Student Dictionary (Senior)