What's New

• Bug fixes and performance improvements

App Description

The Oxford Dictionary of English is widely accepted as one of the highest authorities in the study and reference of the English language globally, with more than 150 years of research into it. Regarded as one of the flagship products in Oxford University Press catalog of dictionaries, the app features advanced search, lookup and learning tools designed by a vastly experienced developer.

WHAT MAKES OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH BETTER THAN OTHER DICTIONARIES?
 • The very latest vocabulary, 2018 edition, with over 350,000 words, phrases and meanings.
 • Tens of thousands of regionally specific entries reflecting the unique richness and global adaptability of the English language.
 • The strength of The Oxford English Corpus' research excellence, directly placed at your fingertips.
 • 75,000 audio pronunciations of both common and rare words, including those with varying pronunciations.

This app is tailored to professionals, students, and academics alike, as well as anyone who needs a comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of current English at work or at home.

LATEST APP UPDАТES:
 • Learn in style with any of the four colorful new themes – the colorful layout will turn your learning experience into an enjoyable routine. Customize your dictionary and benefit from the cheerful mood your favorite color brings you.
 • Dive right into the intricacies of the language - with a new and convenient Home page, sleeker and more intuitive visual layout, as well as innovations in the speed of searches - you can now get to the desired entry faster than ever.
 • Translate and learn as you speak with Talk & Translate – use this speech recognition & text-to-speech app by downloading it for Free from the App Store. The great synergy between the two apps will help you optimize your studies.

SEARCH TOOLS - quickly find words with the functional, clean and easy-to-use interface. Designed to provide the most comprehensive search experience, the dictionary combines several search tools to match or predict what are you looking for, including:
 • Search autocomplete helps you find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type.
 • Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases.
 • Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results in seconds.
 • Voice search helps you find an entry using your speech.
 • Automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ that corrects word spelling and a ‘Wild card’ that allows you to replace a letter or entire parts of a word with '*' or '?' when you don’t know how it`s spelled.

LEARNING TOOLS - engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary. Designed to give you the freedom to structure your studies, this dictionary combines several learning tools to help you be more organized:
 • ‘Favorites’ that allow you to create custom folders with lists of words.
 • Recent list which helps you to easily review looked-up words.
 • Swipe-to-delete functionality in the Recent and Favorites menus.
 • Word-of-the-day option to teach you a new word every day.

Feel excited by the new word or definition you just learned? Share your discovery with friends on social media, email or any other option available on your device.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • August 30, 2013 Initial release
  • September 01, 2013 Price increase: FREE! -> $49.99
  • September 07, 2013 Price decrease: $49.99 -> $24.99
  • December 01, 2013 Price increase: $24.99 -> $49.99
  • December 06, 2013 Price decrease: $49.99 -> $24.99
  • April 08, 2014 Price increase: $24.99 -> $49.99
  • April 11, 2014 Price decrease: $49.99 -> $24.99
  • April 19, 2014 Price decrease: $24.99 -> $9.99
  • May 01, 2014 Price increase: $9.99 -> $24.99
  • June 06, 2014 Price decrease: $24.99 -> $0.99
  • July 14, 2014 Price increase: $0.99 -> $24.99
  • November 09, 2014 Price decrease: $24.99 -> $2.99
  • November 14, 2014 Price increase: $2.99 -> $24.99
  • November 25, 2014 New version 6.1.4
  • November 25, 2014 Price decrease: $24.99 -> $0.99
  • November 27, 2014 Price increase: $0.99 -> $24.99
  • January 08, 2015 New version 6.2
  • May 12, 2015 Price decrease: $24.99 -> $9.99
  • May 16, 2015 Price increase: $9.99 -> $24.99
  • June 09, 2015 Price decrease: $24.99 -> $0.99
  • June 10, 2015 Price increase: $0.99 -> $24.99
  • June 13, 2015 Price decrease: $24.99 -> $0.99
  • June 15, 2015 Price increase: $0.99 -> $24.99
  • July 29, 2015 New version 8.1
  • July 29, 2015 Price decrease: $24.99 -> $19.99
  • August 27, 2015 New version 8.1.3
  • February 02, 2016 New version 8.1.7
  • June 23, 2016 New version 8.1.8
  • November 05, 2016 New version 8.2.2
  • November 29, 2016 New version 8.5.1
  • June 13, 2019 New version 10.0.18
  • June 13, 2019 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • June 13, 2019 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • June 14, 2019 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • June 14, 2019 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • June 15, 2019 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • June 15, 2019 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • June 16, 2019 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • December 10, 2019 Price increase: $9.99 -> $19.99
  • January 07, 2020 Price decrease: $19.99 -> $9.99
  • October 27, 2020 Price increase: $9.99 -> $19.99