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New Oxford American Dictionary

"The gold standard of American dictionaries" -- Providence Journal

Produced by Oxford's American Dictionaries Program, and drawing on the expertise of scores of American scholars and advisers, The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, sets the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country.

The New Oxford American Dictionary is the most accurate and richly descriptive picture of American English ever offered in any dictionary. Oxford's American editors drew on its 200-million-word databank of contemporary North American English, plus the unrivaled citation files of the world-renowned Oxford English Dictionary. The result is an all-new and updated American dictionary, the crowning achievement in the Oxford line of American dictionaries and thesauruses.

To provide unprecedented clarity, the entries are organized around core meanings, reflecting the way people think about words and eliminating the clutter and confusion of a traditional dictionary entry. Each entry plainly shows the major meaning or meanings of the word, plus any related senses, arranged in intuitive constellations of connected meanings. Definitions are supplemented by illustrative, in-context examples of actual usage.

Now the authority of The New Oxford American Dictionary is available on your iPhone or iPod touch, accessible from anywhere.
Features:
•250,000 entries and definitions stored locally on the iPhone.
•No wireless connection required.
•Definitions include grammatical information, word origins, usage information, syllabication, and pronunciation.
•Search for entries by name or browse the entire word list.
•Over 60,000 audio pronunciations of dictionary entries.
•Display history of dictionary entry views.
•$29.99 represents a 50% discount from the $60 MSRP for the New Oxford American Dictionary hard cover version.

"This is the first dictionary to define words in a truly contemporary sense." -- About.com

"This new dictionary offers an atypical layout and a new approach to presenting definitions and meanings....With its unique approach to language, this is easy to use and provides clear, well-written definitions. " -- Library Journal

"The definitions are clear and descriptive but still provide technical information when necessary." -- Booklist

"Oxford's new dictionary not only examines modern American English vocabulary and usage, but presents a new model of how dictionaries may be written....A well-designed dictionary, recommended for all libraries." -- Choice

Note: Due to the size of the sound files, this application requires internet connectivity to play the audio samples.

The application requires at least 100 MB of free space to operate. If you do not have ample space on your iPhone or iPod Touch, you may experience issues with the application crashing.

What's new

- Big fixes
- Improved Handmark in-app store

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Last changed:

Apr 07, 2009

Category:

Reference

Developer:

Handmark, Inc.

Version:

1.3.100

Average Rating:

4.00 (54)

Size:

28.6 MB

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