*NOW INCLUDES UPDATED FEATURES!
The Macquarie Compact Australian Dictionary app is fast and easy to use, providing users with a compact and accessible reference for Australian English. The app answers the needs of users on matters of spelling and usage for a wide range of words in Australian English and gives pronunciations in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Based on the Macquarie Essential Dictionary and equivalent to a 1000 page book retailing at A$29.99, the app includes:• Over 74,000 definitions• Over 41,000 headwords• Over 8000 phrases• Over 2700 colloquial words and phrases• Pronunciations for all single word entries• Idiomatic phrases listed at the end of entries
Features include:* Simple and fast search* Fuzzy and wildcard search options* Voice search* Favourite words (new)* Search history (new)* Cross-reference links (new)* Word of the day (new)* Options to share content (new)* Ability to adjust text display size (new)* Access anytime without an internet connection
Based on the Macquarie Essential Dictionary, which is in its fifth edition, the app is completely up-to-date, with words from the cutting edge in such fields as:• information technology (brain bank, breadcrumb trail, lifestreaming)• science (activated carbon, biofuel, saviour sibling)• health and medicine (blood doping, health tourism, lap band)• leisure and fashion (ear gauging, flashpacker, fur child, pop-up shop)• business (ecotax, footloose industry, freeconomics, global commons)• social interest (baby brain, helicopter parenting, latte liberal)
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.
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VERSION HISTORY
- Version 3.0 posted on 2013-12-05
- Version 3.0 posted on 2013-06-13
Several fixes and updates
Program Details
- Category: Education > Other
- Publisher: Macquarie Dictionary Publishers
- License: Free Trial
- Price: $1.09
- Version: 3.0
- Platform: android