MSDict Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus

The "Different" English Dictionary

WordNet® is a large lexical database of English with up to 140,000 entries and more than 1.4 million words, developed by the Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University. Instead of following the standard dictionary format, the WordNet dictionary is organized with an innovative and convenient approach. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms, interlinked by means of conceptual-semantic and lexical relations. In addition to the straightforward definition the dictionary shows how each word is linked to other words in terms of synonyms, opposites and similar words, but also hyponyms and hyperlinks within the group. The resulting network of meaningfully related words and concepts: helps you to better understand the word meanings, facilitates the quick finding of the correct meaning, allows you to quickly memorize words.

A Comprehensive Dictionary and Thesaurus

• Straightforward and precise definitions of over 140,000 words with more than 250,000 links and 1.4 million words.
• Synonyms, antonyms, similar and related words to help you make your writing and speech more interesting.
• Hypernyms (more generic words), hyponyms (subordinate words) and meronyms (part names)
• Examples illustrate how words are used and show typical constructions and collocations.

The MSDict Dictionary Format

The dictionary is powered by the MSDict technology especially enhanced for iPhone and iPod with the following key benefits:

• No connection to the Internet required - you can use the dictionary on your iPhone or iPod touch without connecting to the Internet and with no additional charges
• Ability to change the font size in the word definitions
• Original format of the OXFORD wordlist
• Bookmarks - you can use the Bookmarks feature as a learning tool and create your own topics and wordlist
• Filters added to help you locate the word you are searching for:
• Fuzzy filter- used when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word
• Keyword-used to locate the instances of a key word within other compound words
• Wild card - "?" and "*" replace a letter and group of letters in words
• Fast article scrolling
• Quick search of words while you type
• Hyperlinks between words and articles