Macquarie Dictionary 4+
Pan Macmillan Australia
Designed for iPad
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- $29.99
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Description
The Macquarie Complete Australian Dictionary app provides users with the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date reference of Australian English. The app answers the needs of users on matters of spelling, pronunciation and usage for the complete record of English as it is used in Australia, from the colourfully colloquial to the highly technical.
FEATURES:
• Over 210,000 definitions
• Over 121,000 headwords and phrases
• Over 13,000 encyclopedic entries
• 22,000 word origins or etymologies
• IPA and plain English pronunciations given for 114,500+ words
• Over 25,000 audio pronunciations* voiced by real Aussies
• Example phrases to show how a word is used
• Regionalisms
• Extensive usage notes
SEARCH FEATURES:
• Simple and fast search
• Fuzzy and wildcard search options
• Voice search
• Browse through entries
• Bookmark entries
• Recent search list
• Cross-reference links
OTHER FEATURES
• Options to share entries [OR] words and definitions
• Access any time without an internet connection
• Compatible with VoiceOver (iOS)
*Initial access to audio pronunciations and images requires internet connection. Once you have accessed an image or pronunciation it will be saved locally for future use.
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.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions, comments or feedback, please contact us directly at macquarie@macmillan.com.au
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Copyright © Macquarie Dictionary Publishers 2019
What’s New
Version 2.0.14
Updated Dictionary content
Ratings and Reviews
Nice to have a fantastic dictionary in your pocket
Sadly the *audio* pronunciations are for common words only, not rare or uncommon words. There is no system integration at all, so spotlight/siri doesn’t work with this dictionary. The in app search is not live/auto reactive, so if you struggle with spelling that may be an issue.
Needs a little Polish
Good to finally see an update in Dec 2019 after many years. Hopefully these will be more frequent in the future.
It is fantastic to have an Australian dictionary at hand on your phone. Macquarie is the standard and I use it regularly.
The interface could do with some improvement to make it a little more intuitive. Also, synonyms and antonyms are missing.
Great content - when you can find it
By and large a good dictionary with excellent Australian colloquialism representation. On only a few occasions have I found words not represented.
The app's browse feature needs additional work. Misspell a word and you're toast. It would be preferable to locate the desired word using a letter-by-letter hierarchy noting specifically where the spelling error is. In the mean-time Google fuzzy logic has been a friend in resolving difficult spelling.
TheThe search function could also be improved. It fails to find word derivatives often.
Otherwise, a great app.
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Information
- Seller
- Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
- Size
- 224.4 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Macquarie Dictionary Publishers
- Price
- $29.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.