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LDOCE app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 1296 ratings )
Reference Education
Developer: Enfour, Inc.
28.99 USD
Current version: 14.5.2, last update: 9 months ago
First release : 24 May 2009
App size: 1.28 Gb

More features than any other dictionary app available!
And the most "connected" dictionary app on iOS -plays nice with more third-party dictionaries and apps than anyone else.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- For Advanced Learners ©

Longmans flagship learner’s dictionary is now available as an iOS application. Improve your fluency in English with the most up-to-date learners dictionary at your fingertips.

Now with integrated Thesaurus and Collocations Dictionary.

Dictionary details:
● 230,000 words, phrases, and meanings - more than any other learners dictionary
● 165,000 examples based on real, natural English from the Longman Corpus Network show how English is really used
● 10,000 encyclopedic entries -people and places.
● 5,000 verb conjugation tables.
● graphics and videos to explain meanings at a glance.
● Clear definitions written using only 2,000 common words.
● Most frequent 3,000 words in spoken & written English, highlighted to show which are the most important to know
● Register Notes focus on the differences between spoken and written English.
● The Academic Word List is highlighted to help you improve your essays and presentations.
● Grammar and warning notes ensure that you avoid the most common errors.
● Integrated Collocations Dictionary. Over 80,000 collocations will improve your fluency.
● Integrated Thesaurus. Over 20,000 synonyms, antonyms, and related words will improve your vocabulary range.

● 86,000 pronunciation files —all headwords in both UK & US accents.
PLUS
● another 86,000 recorded example sentences (via external links due to size)
Over 20GB of audio online!

Making this the largest resource of English available on ANY mobile platform!

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Application Features:
● full contents of the print dictionary
- PLUS additional collocations, synonyms & word histories
● complete front matter and additional resources
● unique three-way cross-referencing search
● real-time progressing look-up
● wildcard pattern searches -with * ?
● online search backup for rare words and slang
● spelling suggestion dictionary included
● hyperlinking directly to meanings & appendices
● example sentence search
● search on idioms and phrasal verbs
● search on synonym and "sign-post" meanings
● Bookmarks with folders and editable notations
● Bookmark syncing across devices via iCloud
● automatic history listing
● Flashcards to test yourself
● Teachers resources in PDF for printing or email
● "Word-of-the-Day" sets including TOEIC® & TOEFL®
● "Today" widget for finding new words
● "Share" extension​ to search inside other apps
● another extension​ to search from a second device or SplitView
● search from other applications via a public API
● iPad Pro multi-screen and Drag & Drop
● DarkMode & 3D Touch support
● OS-independent app localization
● Supports iOS 9 through to iOS 16
● iPhone, iPod, iPad and macOS support
● complete offline use
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Social Media:
● supports Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo & Evernote posts.
● Full layout for definition emails and Evernote posts.
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The ultimate learners resource of the English language for use anywhere and anytime.

Copyright:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
© Pearson Education Limited 2009, 2011, 2015

Pros and cons of LDOCE app for iPhone and iPad

LDOCE app good for

8年ぐらいLongman English-English dictionaryを愛用しているので、迷わず購入しました。オンラインのだと発音がチェックできないし、紙の辞書付属のCD-ROMだと定期的にAuthenticationをしなければいけないので、このアプリのおかげでどちらも解決しました。ただ、検索のときに日本語のキーパッドが最初に表示されるのはいかがなものかと思います。English-English Dictionaryなので、日本語入力をすることはまずありえません。この点を改善してほしいです。ブックマーク機能は◎です。素晴らしいアプリです。お金を払って買う価値はあります。
Good point: able to listen English and American pronounciation of the words. Lots of example sentence which can be pronounced. Frequently update , you can search the word "iPhone" already!
The updated version improves on a lot of areas but the dictionary itself is still missing many not so uncommon words and the included maps etc are almost useless as their resolution is too low to zoom in on any detail :(
I never experienced any problem with this application. In general, I think that this application is great and worth the money. There are lots examples for each word. The application is also very easy to use. However, there are many uncommon words that are not listed in this dictionary.
In UK, "Predicament" sounds "chevy", while "Chevy" has no sound ? ...has been corrected in 3days. Thanks. But, irregular plural cannot be played, such as "stimuli", while you can listen "elves". Isnt it consistent? Please review whole the book.

Some bad moments

I have not been able to use this software since last week. I hope that it will be updated as quickly as possible.
昨日から頻繁に"I am a software thief!"というポップアップが出るようになりました。電池を食うし最悪です。これは何なのでしょうか。
It shuts down when I try to use "search". I sent email to the support but no reply. Please fix it immediately otherwise it is just waste of money!