Published by Pearson Education on 2022-08-17
What is Longman Dictionary of English? The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English is a comprehensive vocabulary and grammar resource that helps learners of English improve their language skills. It includes natural English examples, a defining vocabulary of 2,000 words, frequency information, an integrated collocations dictionary, a thesaurus, and register notes. The app also features pronunciation in both British and American English, search using wildcards and suggested words, search history, and word-of-the-day notifications.
1. ● An integrated Collocations Dictionary with more than 65,000 collocations: learn word combinations to use the correct words together, such as ‘take a test’ (not ‘make a test’), ‘heavy rain’ (not ‘strong rain’), and ‘highly successful’.
2. ● The integrated Thesaurus with more than 18,000 synonyms, antonyms, and related words helps you improve your writing by using more precise and high level words: stop saying ‘nice’, instead, say ‘lovely, delightful, enjoyable, wonderful, brilliant’.
3. The new edition of the best-selling Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English is a complete vocabulary and grammar resource that will enhance your learning of English.
4. All this makes the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English the largest resource of English available on any mobile platform.
5. ● Definitions written using a vocabulary of just 2,000 words – the Longman Defining Vocabulary, ensuring all definitions are clear and easy to understand.
6. ● Frequency information on the most common words – the new Longman Communication 9000 – helps you learn them first.
7. ● 165,000 corpus-based examples of natural English show words in context and how English is really used.
8. ● Words from the Academic Word List highlighted to help you improve your essays and presentations.
9. ● Avoid making common mistakes and get extra help with grammar patterns and using the correct tenses.
10. ● Register Notes on the differences between spoken and written English help you express yourself precisely.
11. ● 230,000 words, phrases, and meanings – more than any other learner's dictionary.
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- Full content of the print dictionary
- Additional collocations, synonyms, and word origins
- Guide on how to use the dictionary
- Search using wildcards and suggested words
- Predictive text in search
- Search for idioms and phrasal verbs
- Search history
- Support for search from within other compatible apps
- Universal app for iPod, iPhone, and iPad
- Fully detailed color Retina Display images
- Bookmark favorite words
- Copy words and text to clipboard
- Word-of-the-Day notifications
- New design and improved navigation
- Adjustable font scaling for visually impaired users
- Saved bookmarks will be updated in a forthcoming release.
- The contents of the app are considered the best for ESL/EFL dictionary.
- The app runs well on both iPhone and iPad.
- No updates for a year.
- Not optimized for iPhone X.
- It is inconvenient to access word information, verb table, and thesaurus as they are hidden under the "i" button.
- The design is not good on iPad Pro.
- It is hard to access collocations and phrasal verbs quickly.
- The status bar is all-black when using the app.
- The 6th edition is considered poor and has less content.
- A notification pops up when clicking on a word to see its information.
The best EFL/ESL dictionary
Improvement and my 2 suggestions
Needs improvement
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