Chambers Dictionary Ultimate Edition
The unrivalled dictionary for word lovers.
First published in 1872, The Chambers Dictionary contains more words, phrases and meanings than any other single-volume English dictionary – over 620,000 in all.
Whether you’re an avid wordgamer or just enjoy revelling in the quirks and curiosities of the English language, The Chambers Dictionary is your ultimate companion.
First published in 1872, The Chambers Dictionary contains more words, phrases and meanings than any other single-volume English dictionary – over 620,000 in all.
Whether you’re an avid wordgamer or just enjoy revelling in the quirks and curiosities of the English language, The Chambers Dictionary is your ultimate companion.
Convenient Search Methods
Dictionary interface contains 5 powerful search options to find exactly
what you need: headword, wildcard, full text search, as well as search
for similar words and anagrams.
One-tap Translation
Cross-referenced definitions take you from one entry to another with a simple tap on a word in the current entry.
Table of irregular Verbs
Useful tool to remember all of the irregular verbs!
Description
The unrivalled dictionary for word lovers. First published in 1872, The Chambers Dictionary contains more words, phrases and meanings than any other single-volume English dictionary – over 620,000 in all.
Whether you’re an avid wordgamer or just enjoy revelling in the quirks and curiosities of the English language, The Chambers Dictionary is your ultimate companion.
Search and input features
• Search through dictionary headwords.
• Fulltext search mode – to search for usage examples.
• Dictionaries now support enhanced the built-in dictation feature* on the latest Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. The dictation feature allows the user to look up words in the dictionary by saying them.
• List of similar words in case of misspelling.
• Wildcard Search if you are unsure of the exact word spelling. Use “?” and “*” symbols to replace the missing letters.
• English morphology module helps to find words in any grammatical form.
• Look up from other applications - while working in other applications you can easily and quickly look up any desired word without leaving that application.
• Search history - while you are using the dictionary, it saves all looked up and viewed words/phrases in the History.
Learning features
• English audio pronunciations recorded by native.
• Irregular verbs.
Interface features
• Quick access to virtual keyboard.
• Synchronization of dictionary language with the keyboard input source.
• Favorites - to quickly access frequently searched words.
• Enlarge or reduce font size for your comfort.
* To enable the dictation feature, you need to select in System Preferences the “Dictation & Speech” option and clicks on the required languages. To use the dictation feature in dictionary apps, press the “Fn” (Function) Key twice, then pronounces a word and clicks “Done.”
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