Dictionary - Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster Inc.

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About this app

Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your Android device. Continuously updated with the newest words and meanings, this is the premier Android app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building.

And now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds.

The app is free, and supported by ads. To remove ads, a subscription is available.

Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions and synonyms whether or not you’re connected. You will need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search.

Features:
* New Vocabulary-Building Quizzes: fun, fast quizzes to learn new words or test your vocabulary
* Additional vocabulary-building resources available with in-app purchase
* Voice Search: look up a word without having to spell it
* Word of the Day: learn a new word every day
* Integrated Thesaurus: more than 200,000 word choices with examples of their use
* Example Sentences: understand how a word is used in context
* Audio Pronunciations: voiced by real English speakers, not text-to-speech robots
* Favorite Words and Search History: keep track of the words that are most important to you
* Favorite Word Syncing: share your favorites between devices
* For Tablets: browse the entire dictionary with a scrolling index

Ratings and reviews

I mostly liked the app, and have recently discontinued my subscription. I found it terribly irritating that many words I would search for were not found within the app, but a simple Google search gave me the definition with no problem. The words were unusual, but not slang, and it really made me wonder what I was paying for in the app

When I press the speaker icon to hear the word being pronounced nothing happens. I have to tap it several times before it eventually works. Maybe it needs time to "warm up" 05/08/22 Now when I press the button to hear the spoken word I get the last part of the word. The first syllable is not heard. I have to hit it 3-4 times before I hear the full word. Sent an email. Let's see if I hear back. Otherwise, I'll just uninstall and find another dictionary. EDIT: SPEAKER BEGAN WORKING temporarily

Too many ads to make it worth it. One can barely search a single word before ads pop up covering the whole screen. I'd rather purchase a physical dictionary and carry it around than keep this downloaded. Also the UI sucks and you find yourself jumping to another page or opening an ad while you're scrolling down to read the definition of the word. Jumping to new word pages means more ads when you try to go back to the word you actually looking up.

What’s new

A dictionary update with new words, and newly revised definitions.
Bug fixes.