OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY для Android

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. The preparation of dictionaries, of all types and for all ages, has been a central part of its activities for more than 100 years.

Oxford for Android presents The Concise Oxford English Dictionary containing the high-quality dictionary databases and the SlovoEd application engine from Paragon Software (SHDD), the world's leading provider of software for mobile platforms.

The most popular dictionary worldwide. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is the most popular dictionary of its kind and is noted for its clear, concise definitions as well as its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the vocabulary of the English-speaking world. Authoritative and up-to-date, this eleventh edition contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions. It offers rich vocabulary coverage, with full treatment of World English, rare, historical, and archaic terms, as well as scientific and technical vocabulary.

• The clearest, most accurate definitions, based on the largest language research programme in the world
• Thousands of brand-new words and senses from Oxford’s unrivalled new words research
• Word Histories give a fascinating insight into the history and development of hundreds of words
• 400 new notes on grammar and usage

Improve your language skills with Oxford dictionary:

• Look up unfamiliar words directly from the home screen! Now Oxford dictionary provides translations in a Quick Search Box alongside other search results.*
• English Morphology module helps to translate words from any grammatical form.
• Search by voice. Speak your queries instead of typing words in a dictionary. (Uses Google voice recognition service).
• English audio pronunciations recorded by native speakers.
• Use Fuzzy Search in case of misspelling. Just enter a wrong variant and get a list of similar words.
• Find the word even if you don’t know its exact spelling using Wildcard Search (use “?” and “*” symbols to replace the missing letters).
• Integrate Oxford dictionary with the Flash Cards application and quiz yourself with words you have added from the dictionary.
• Study the language in the easiest and most effective way using Oxford dictionary. Test yourself with a Word of the day widget on your Home screen. A random entry from the dictionary is changed daily.**
• Dictionary installation on memory cards.
• Hyperlinks between related articles and directions.
• Search History feature shows the last 20 words looked up.
• No Internet connection required: simply download the dictionary to your device and use it with no further expense incurred.
• Multilingual interface available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish languages.

* To turn on this option, install Oxford dictionary. Then go to Menu->Settings->Search->Searchable items and mark Oxford dictionary.
** Words from your Flash Cards are demonstrated more frequently if Flash Cards application is installed on the device.

Oxford dictionary for Android

Oxford dictionary for Android

Registering

The number of translations in demo-version is limited. The more often you use the dictionary the more notifications about demo version you get. To save you time we’ve provided a new way of purchasing and registering Oxford dictionary for Android. Now you do not need to search for the product on the web, you can purchase it directly from your device. To do this, open Oxford dictionary and go to Menu->Registration->Buy.