Collins Dictionary & Thesaurus 4+

Complete English reference

MobiSystems, Inc.

Designed for iPad

    • AED 149.99

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Description

A bundle of the Collins English Dictionary Complete & Unabridged and the Collins Thesaurus with over 877,000 entries.

This app bundles the Collins English Dictionary Complete & Unabridged and the Collins Thesaurus of the English Language in one complete language and reference solution.

With more than 500,000 entries, the dictionary features the latest vocabulary based upon Collins’ 2.5 billion word database, complete with 6,000 biographical entries, key expressions and example sentences. Usage notes provide advice on using the right word in the right place, while cultural notes on life and language accompany thousands of etymologies that trace the roots of modern English.

The thesaurus, with over 377,000 entries, lets you find key synonyms for each sense, offering the most accurate alternative language. Opposites provide you with another way of expressing yourself, along with a wide range of Idioms and included phrases. Illustrative examples from real English show how the entry word is used, while the 550 subject word lists add an extra dimension to your vocabulary.

LATEST APP UPDАТES:
 • Learn in style with any of the four colorful new themes – The colorful layout will turn your learning experience into an enjoyable routine. Customize your dictionary and benefit from the cheerful mood your favorite color brings you.
 • Dive right into the intricacies of the language - With new and convenient Home page, sleeker and more intuitive visual layout, as well as innovations in the speed of searches, you can get to the desired entry faster than ever.

SEARCH TOOLS - quickly find words with the clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface.
Designed to provide the most comprehensive search experience, the dictionary combines several search tools to match or predict what are you looking for, including:
 • Search autocomplete helps you find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type.
 • Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases.
 • Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results in seconds.
 • Voice search helps you find an entry when you don’t know how a word is spelled.

Looking for a specific word but don't know how it's spelled? We've got you covered with our automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ to correct word spelling, as well as ‘Wild card’ ('*' or '?') to replace a letter or entire parts of a word.

LEARNING TOOLS - engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary. Designed to give you freedom to structure your studies, the dictionary combines several learning tools to help you be more organized, including:
 • ‘Favorites’ that allow you to create custom folders with lists of words.
 • Recent list which helps you to easily review looked-up words.
 • Swipe-to-delete functionality in the Recent and Favorites menus.
 • Word-of-the-day option to teach you a new word every day.

Feel excited by the new word or definition you just learned? Share your discovery with friends on social media, email or any other option available on your device.

What’s New

Version 10.0.11

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• Four new colorful themes.
• Delete and sort entries with Favorites/Recent list.
• General bug fixes and improvements.

Ratings and Reviews

5.0 out of 5
1 Rating

1 Rating

Naeem A. ,

Superb Content, Horrible Interface

I happen to be a long time Mobile Systems customer i.e., various mobile phone platforms and always love their choice of content. At the same time, I'm equally unhappy with their barebone interface for dictionaries. Some may call it non-intrusive but to me they are extremely boring. I belive they can get some cues from Enfour and DioDict offerings. Imagine the steps involved in switching from dictionary to thesaurus while viewing a definition (use "go" as a reference):

1. Press Search while viewing the definition of go [choose go (1) or go (2)].
2. Tap Switch.
3. Receive message "Word not found" in thesaurus. The word "go" is there just the super intelligent interface don't recognize the format of go (1) and go (2) from the dictionary itself. So to see the word "go" in thesaurus start the step no. 1 again and type "go" without any brackets.
4. In case of word not found, Press Search once again.
5. Type the same word again without any numberings available in the dictionary i.e., "go" only.
6. Tap the selection in the index to see the same word in thesaurus.
7. Now by unfortunate luck if someone one has to go back to the same word in the dictionary, which most of us do - he/she has to start the same process from step three.
8. Press Search once again to receive the message "Word not found". It is there just the interface don't recognize plain "go" from the thesaurus, it did earlier when you type go in the dictionary first time and gave you both listings of "go".
9. Press Search again.
10. Click the "x" mark in the right corner of the pop up to clear the search area.
11. Type go one more time to see it in the dictionary.
12. Your pain will not end here, you have to tap "go (1) or go (2)" to see the definition one last time.

Now imagine if someone has to do 12 steps to back and forth from dictionary to thesaurus to dictionary for one single word, what his/her feelings would be. You cannot imagine my pain while I'm writing this review - got a bad mood and sort of irritation that can lead anyone to nervous breakdown if this review need to be written one more time.

Conclusion: Avoid at any cost, even if it is free. Suffering is much higher than the knowledge imparted. Use paper version of Collins which is million times easier on your mental state. Or better try any other dictionary from competing platform.

I sincerely apologize if I irriate some customer by making them read this Tap, Press, Tap, Press... sequence of steps. But I cannot control my feelings anymore for this product platfom.

Naeem Ahmad.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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