LDOCE17.1 - App Store

More features than any other dictionary app available!
And the most "connected" dictionary app on iOS -plays nice with more third-party dictionaries and apps than anyone else.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- For Advanced Learners (c)

Longman's flagship learner’s dictionary is now available as an iOS 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.
● 5,000 verb conjugation tables.
● graphics and videos to explain meanings at a glance.
● Clear definitions written using only 2,000 common words.
● Most frequent 3,000 words in spoken & written English, highlighted to show which are the most important to know
● 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 * ?
● online search backup for rare words and slang
● 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
● an "AI Teacher" for deeper explanations or help for ESL students in 98 languages
● Bookmarks with folders and editable notations
● Bookmark syncing across devices via iCloud
● automatic history listing
● Flashcards to test yourself
● Teacher's resources in PDF for printing or email
● "Word-of-the-Day" sets including TOEIC(R) & TOEFL(R)
● "Today" widget for finding new words
● "Share" extension​ to search inside other apps
● another extension​ to search from a second device or SplitView
● search from other applications via a public API
● iPad Pro multi-screen and Drag & Drop
● DarkMode & 3D Touch support
● OS-independent app localization
● Siri support
● Dyslexic mode and VoiceOver support
● Supports iOS 12 through to iOS 26
● iPhone, iPod, iPad and macOS support
● complete offline use
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Social Media:
● supports Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo & Evernote posts.
● Full layout for definition emails and Evernote posts.
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The ultimate learner's resource of the English language for use anywhere and anytime.

Copyright:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
(c) Pearson Education Limited 2009, 2011, 2015

Version History Updates notifications 17.1 Aug 27 Adds an AI Teacher feature that a deeper background to definitions.
Updates Bookmark sync and backup.
Add support for Anki. 17.0 Jul 13 Improved iOS26 support 16.2 Mar 3 Fixes for iOS26.
Adds AI Sensei feature. 16.1 Feb 22 A fix for search on conjugations.
Better download support. 16.0.1 09/24/2025 Bringing up to date 16.0 09/07/2025 Updates to Flashcards and Study Memo.
Changes to "Save Search Word" off behaviour.
Adds launch via Siri. 15.3 03/18/2024 Critical fix for iOS17.3 15.1 02/18/2024 Fix for Bookmark folders 14.6 07/20/2023 Version 14.5 adds a Lightning Cards feature that lets you study just a few words in any spare minutes.
(fix for example sentence sounds download) 14.5.2 07/01/2023 Adds a Lightning Cards feature that lets you study just a few words in any spare minutes 14.5 06/26/2023 Adds new third-party dictionary links.
Adds a "Open to Search" setting to iPads.
Changes the way it works on iPhones.
Complete update to localizations.
Fixes for Bookmarks. 14.1 03/13/2023 Major update to Bookmarks and History.
• iCloud Sync now works no matter how many bookmarks you have.
• Backups are made locally for all bookmark changes.
• Automatic weekly bookmark backup setting has been added.
• You can also use your bookmarks in the "Today" widget or "Word of the Day".
• You can now bulk save your search History to Bookmarks. 14.0 02/21/2023 Fix for the "Today" widget 13.3.2 01/17/2023 Fix for printing in iOS16 13.3.1 12/23/2022 Fixes for iOS 16 13.3 10/10/2022 Fixes for some links 13.2.4 07/07/2022 Upgraded pronunciation sound quality from 8KHz to 44KHz

Upgraded our server hardware. Doubled the number of servers and added Amazon S3 failover.
Example sounds now download faster and are higher quality over 3G connections. 13.2 02/23/2022 Better iCloud syncing.
Adds a selectable interface for Bookmark restores.
Adds a setting for third-party keyboards. 13.0.1 01/25/2022 UI & graphics updated.
Bookmarks are now automatically restored after the app is deleted and reinstalled. (Turn on iCloud Sync setting for this)
Manual Bookmark iCloud restore is now smarter. 13.0 12/22/2021 Fix for licensing 12.1.5 12/10/2021 Interface improvements. 12.1.3 12/02/2021 Fixes TabBar layout for some iPhones 12.1.1 11/24/2021 Adds a "Link Menu" customizing setting. 12.1 11/16/2021 Fix for older versions of iOS. 12.0.1 11/10/2021