Oxford Dictionary of English
Submitted by Irene on Tuesday, April 21, 2015.
Last modified
Sunday, February 26, 2017
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Description of App
The foremost single-volume authority on the English language - revised and updated in 2013 to include the very latest vocabulary. This version comes with 75 000 high-quality audio pronunciations from the Oxford Sound Bank, making this the definitive English dictionary reference.
Features include:
- 350 000 words, phrases and meanings
- 100 000 usage examples
- 75 000 audio pronunciations
- 11 000 encyclopedic entries
- 550 usage notes
The Oxford Dictionary of English is at the forefront of language research, focusing on English as it is used today, informed by the most up-to-date evidence from the largest language research programme in the world, including the 800-million-word Oxford English Corpus.
App features include pattern search, full text search, bookmarks, spelling suggestions and lookup from other Mac OS programs.
No internet connection is required.
Version
2.4
Free or Paid
Paid
Version Of macOS App Was Tested On
10.9.5
Usability
The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.
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Recommendations
1 people have recommended this app
Most recently recommended by Irene 5 years 10 months ago
Accessibility Comments
This app is extremely helpful for people who are learning English and completely accessible with VoiceOver. I found only one mislabelled button, the last button on the tool bar, when in the Oxford Dictionary. This button pronounces the word in the search field.