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English Dictionary - Offline

English Dictionary - Offline

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Application Description

Discover the convenience of an **offline English dictionary** app that makes understanding English words a breeze! Powered by the **English Wiktionary**, this app offers comprehensive definitions right at your fingertips, all without needing an internet connection. Its user-friendly interface is optimized for both phones and tablets, ensuring a smooth experience for all users.

**Features**

♦ Dive into over 545,000 English definitions and a plethora of inflected forms for a thorough understanding of the language.

♦ Effortlessly browse through words with a simple swipe of your finger, making navigation intuitive and fun.

♦ Keep track of your learning journey with bookmarks, personal notes, and a search history to revisit your favorite or frequently looked-up words.

♦ Get assistance with crosswords using wildcards like ? for a single unknown letter, * for any group of letters, and . to mark the end of a word.

♦ Explore new vocabulary with a random search button (shuffle) designed to broaden your word knowledge.

♦ Share word definitions effortlessly with other apps such as Gmail or WhatsApp to spread the knowledge.

♦ Enhance your reading experience with compatibility with Moon+ Reader, FBReader, and other applications via a convenient share button.

♦ Safeguard your data with backup and restore options for configuration, personal notes, and bookmarks, utilizing local memory or cloud services like Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box (available with respective apps installed).

♦ Utilize camera search via the OCR Plugin for an innovative way to look up words (available on devices with a back camera; requires the OCR Plugin from Google Play).

**Fuzzy Search**

♦ Use prefix search to find words starting with a particular sequence, like 'moon*' for words beginning with 'moon'.

♦ Employ suffix search to discover words ending with a specific sequence, such as '*moon.' for words ending in 'moon'.

♦ Find words containing any part of a word with infix search, like '*moon*' for words with 'moon' anywhere in them.

**Your Settings**

♦ Customize your experience with black and white themes and user-defined text colors for a personalized look (Menu → Settings → Theme).

♦ Choose from various actions for the Floating Action Button (FAB), such as Search, History, Favorites, Random search, and Share.

♦ Enjoy the Persistent Search option for an automatic keyboard at startup, making your search experience seamless.

♦ Listen to words with text-to-speech options, choosing between British or American accents (Menu → Settings → Text to Speech → Language).

♦ Tailor your app with options for history length, font size, line spacing, and default screen orientation.

♦ Decide how you want to start your app with options like home page, most recent word, random word, or word of the day.

**Questions**

♦ No voice output? Follow the instructions here: http://goo.gl/axXwR. Note: Word pronunciation requires installed voice data (Text-to-speech engine).

♦ Issues with British word pronunciation? Check out these steps: https://cutt.ly/beMDCbR.

♦ Find answers to common queries here: http://goo.gl/UnU7V.

♦ Learn how to keep your bookmarks and notes safe: https://goo.gl/d1LCVc.

♦ Understand the permissions used by the app: http://goo.gl/AsqT4C.

♦ Expand your experience with other livio offline dictionaries available on Google Play.

♦ If Moon+ Reader doesn't list the dictionary, open the "Customize dictionary" pop-up and select "Open dictionary directly when Long-Tap on a word".

⚠ Be aware that offline dictionaries require memory. If your device has low memory, consider using the online version: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.dictionary.

**Information for Application Developers**

✔ This app offers a Dictionary API for third-party developers. For more details, visit: http://thesaurus.altervista.org/dictionary-android.

**Permissions**

This application requires the following permissions:

INTERNET - to retrieve definitions of unknown words.

WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (aka Photos/Media/Files) - to backup configuration and bookmarks.

What's New in the Latest Version 7.0.2-178yp

Last updated on Sep 22, 2024

Version 7.0
♦ Dictionary updated with new definitions

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