English Dictionary - Offline

Discover the convenience of an **offline English dictionary** app that provides comprehensive explanations of English words, all sourced from the **English Wiktionary**. With its fast search capabilities and user-friendly interface, this app is optimized for both smartphones and tablets, ensuring a seamless experience on the go.

This app is designed to be ready to use, requiring no additional downloads, making it perfect for offline use.

Features

♦ Over 545,000 English definitions and a vast collection of inflected forms

♦ Navigate through words effortlessly with a simple swipe right or left

♦ Organize and manage your bookmarks, personal notes, and search history with ease

♦ Enhance your crossword puzzle solving with wildcard symbols: use ? for a single unknown letter, * for any group of letters, and . to signify the end of a word

♦ A random search button (shuffle) to explore new vocabulary

♦ Share word definitions via other apps like Gmail or WhatsApp

♦ Seamless integration with Moon+ Reader, FBReader, and other apps through the share button

♦ Backup and restore your configuration, notes, and bookmarks to local memory or cloud services like Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box (requires these apps to be installed on your device)

♦ Camera search functionality using OCR Plugin, available on devices with a back camera (Settings -> Floating Action Button -> Camera). The OCR Plugin must be downloaded separately from Google Play.

Fuzzy Search

♦ Search words with a specific prefix, e.g., starting with 'moon', by typing moon* to see a list of words beginning with 'moon'

♦ Find words with a particular suffix, e.g., ending with 'moon', by typing *moon. to view words that end with 'moon'

♦ Discover words containing a specific term, e.g., 'moon', by typing *moon* to see a list of words including 'moon'

Your Settings

♦ Choose between black and white themes with customizable text colors (Menu -> Settings -> Theme)

♦ Customize the Floating Action Button (FAB) for actions like Search, History, Favorites, Random Search, or Share. Optional shake action with similar functions

♦ Enable Persistent Search to automatically open the keyboard at startup

♦ Adjust text-to-speech settings, including the choice between British and American accents (Menu -> Settings -> Text to Speech -> Language)

♦ Set the number of items retained in the history

♦ Customize font size and line spacing, and set default screen orientation

♦ Select a startup option: home page, most recent word, random word, or word of the day

Questions

♦ No voice output? Follow these instructions: [link]

Note: Word pronunciation requires installed voice data on your device (Text-to-speech engine).

♦ Issues with British word pronunciation? Here are the steps to fix it: [link]

♦ Find answers to common questions here: [link]

♦ Safeguard your bookmarks and notes by following these tips: [link]

♦ Learn about the permissions required by the app: [link]

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

In case Moon+ Reader doesn't list this dictionary, customize it by selecting "Open dictionary directly when Long-Tap on a word."

⚠ Note that offline dictionaries require significant memory. If your device has limited memory, consider using the online version: [link]

Information for Application Developers

✔ This app offers a Dictionary API for third-party developers. Learn more here: [link]

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