Cambridge English Dictionary

Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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With 140,000 words, phrases, meanings, and examples, Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Fourth Edition (CALD) is trusted by millions of English learners worldwide.

Every dictionary entry has thesaurus sections that show related words, phrases and synonyms for each meaning, helping you to expand your English knowledge.

Informed by the Cambridge English Corpus, the dictionary is ideal for IELTS, BEC, and Cambridge English First, Advanced, and Proficiency exam preparation.

Learning Features:

• British and American English audio pronunciations, recorded by native speakers
• Flash Card Quiz to help you memorize new words.
• Favourites - to help you quickly access frequently searched words
• Search History to revise your recent searches
• Table of English irregular verbs provides a useful reference resource

Search Features:

• CALD will understand and find a word from any grammatical form
• Android Share – select any text on websites or emails and share with CALD to get definitions of the words
• Copy any text from other apps and choose ‘Look up clipboard’ in CALD to see meanings of words one by one
• Similar Words Search in case of misspelling
• Wildcard Search – use “?” and “*” symbols to replace letters if you’re unsure of the correct spelling.
• Anagram Search (e.g. tab-bat)

About Cambridge

Founded in the mid-16th century, Cambridge University Press is a world-leading publisher of English learning materials. Playing a leading role in today's global educational market, Cambridge University Press publishes titles written by authors in over 100 different countries.

Ratings and reviews

This application is a complete misrepresentation. I paid the full price only to find out it is not an "Advanced Learner's" dictionary. It is missing far too many words you would find in other advanced learner's dictionaries such as the Longman or Oxford. On the linguistic front, there are many errors in definitions that it can be said that their 3rd edition was a much better product. The interface is looks rudimentary and the flash cards aren't anything to shout about. Overall, I would not recommend this product as it fails on the primary purpose which is to be able to provide a good definition of words and to have words one would consider necessary for an advanced learner. WARNING: As the product is purchased via in-app selection, you may not be able to get a refund even if you request for a refund within the two-hour window as per the Play store policy. Keeping my fingers crossed!

I rarely write reviews, but I am writing this only because I have been a huge admirer of the Cambridge Dictionary, and have learnt a lot from it. I have been using the older versions of the CALD, and I can very well say that the current version feels more like downgrade than upgrade. The app is just horrible, and has made content navigation all the more difficult. CALD team, please improve. You are loosing your fan base!

Well there are plenty of good features in the premium version of this dictionary. First of all let me mention although you can use the complete free version of it through its website, for mobile version you have to pay...This dictionary provides words with both British and American accents, and also it is compiled with CEFR Level (A1 to C2) of words. Furthermore the definitions are clear and easy to understand. But they did not include all words from their free online version (maybe in future)

What’s new

Updated to improve compatibility with the latest Google Play policy.