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Macquarie Concise Australian Dictionary

       iOS Universal

The Macquarie Concise Australian Dictionary app is both international and uniquely Australian, providing a comprehensive reference of Australian English. The app answers the needs of users on matters of spelling, pronunciation and usage for a wide range of words in Australian English and gives pronunciations in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Based on the Macquarie Concise Dictionary Fifth Edition and equivalent to a 1500 page book retailing at A$50, the app includes:

• Over 124,000 definitions
• Over 59,000 words and phrases
• Over 6000 encyclopedic entries
• 22,000 word origins or etmyologies
• 25,000 pronunciations
• Usage notes
• Etymologies

Search features include:

Simple and fast search
Fuzzy search for similar sounding words
Suggests search terms as you type
Access anytime without an internet connection
Cross-reference links
Browser-like definition content navigation
Compatible with VoiceOver

Based on the Macquarie Concise Dictionary, which is in its fifth edition, the app is completely up-to-date and features thousands of new words definitions such as climate wars, ecowarrior, fanta pants, flashpacker, GFC, lifestreaming, twitterverse and toxic debt. It also includes:
• new computer words and technical jargon — advergaming, breadcrumb navigation, cybersquatting and first-person shooter
• new encyclopedic entries — Barack Obama, Barangaroo, Black Saturday, Earth Hour, Large Hadron Collider and Stephanie Rice
• words and phrases from regional Australia — black snow, hydro pole, nointer and schnitter

This app is from the publishers of the popular, authoritative Macquarie Dictionary — Australia's national dictionary. The Macquarie Dictionary continues to change, adapt and re-adjust to reflect Australian language.

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What's new

- made fixes to Help content

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Last changed:

Apr 17, 2012

Category:

Reference

Developer:

Macquarie Dictionary Publishers Pty Ltd

Version:

1.13

Average Rating:

5.00 (1)

Size:

9.5 MB

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