Build your English vocabulary the smart way. LookUp combines an Oxford-powered dictionary with beautiful Word of the Day, spaced repetition quizzes, and personal word collections, all in one award-winning app.
Discover words beautifully: A new illustrated Word of the Day, every day. Visual memory aids make new words stick faster than reading definitions alone. Tap the widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen to never miss a word.
Look up any word, instantly: Powered by Oxford English Dictionary; the world's most trusted source. Get definitions, thesaurus, audio pronunciations, example sentences, usage notes, and translations in 20+ languages.
Build your personal vocabulary: Save words to your own collections. Then master them with flashcards, example sentence quizzes, conversation practice, and interactive exercises — all powered by scientifically proven Spaced Repetition.
Perfect for exams & every day life: Whether you're prepping for GRE, SAT, TOEFL, IELTS, or simply a lover of words. LookUp is built for anyone serious about language.
App Store Editor's Choice · Webby Honoree 2021 · MacStories Update of the Year 2019 "Far and away my favorite dictionary app." - MacStories
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*Translations Supported for: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Turkmen, Tajik, German, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tatar, Igbo, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Northern Sotho, Setswana, Yoruba, Tok Pisin, and more to come.
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A dictionary for those with a penchant for aesthetics, delivering daily definitions with illustrations that trigger both sides of your brain.
Needs offline mode
DragonMasterSnakeMan
This is by far the cleanest ui of any dictionary app I’ve used, the only thing it’s missing for me and why I have two dictionary apps on my phone is that there is no offline mode; I understand that it’s not practical to basically store the whole of Wikipedia and all the other data it pulls, but Oxford dictionary definitions should be available offline, many other apps succeed in this, and that’s the only reason I haven’t given it a 5 star rating.
using for a while, seeing if there’s any noticeable gains
Vinnyzt
using for a while, seeing what the kids, seeing what they described the word accounted for, if they could spell it, and use it in a constructive phase. For what’s is worth, all showed improvement in all areas and we have started looking into other apps which (may) have the potential (as well not taking teachers time with the children, so far, I find it hard to believe an app can take the time to get together and have a 1-1 with your children, where many, seemingly, different conversations can take place in a safe/protected environment), which can lead teachers/parents possibly knowing when they may be able to offer advice and help to the child.
The absolute best
Hunter Holder
This app was obviously created by somebody who loves etymology and vocabulary. This is a proper, fully featured dictionary and thesaurus, but the way that everything is presented is absolutely amazing for exploring the language and learning something new every single day. I have the widget added and the notifications activated, because it’s always so much fun learning new words. The way that they are presented is memorable and thematic as well. Thank you so kindly for this app.
LookUp 12.1 Includes the following new features:
1. Flash Cards - You can now learn with Flash Cards in LookUp's Learning mode, Pick between Interactive Quizzes, Flash Cards and Example Sentences to build your vocabulary.
2. Improved support for AppIntents -- We now have extensive AppIntents and Shortcuts through out the app
3. New UI modes for Notes. You can now pick between Minimalist and Sticky Note appearance for Notes
4. Visual Intelligence: Looking a word in a book? You can now use Visual Intelligence in iPhone 16 and up to search for words.
Version 12.1
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