Macquarie Concise Australian Dictionary for iOS

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***COMPLETELY REVISED & UPDATED with new features including audio pronunciations!***DISCOUNTED PRICE down from $19.99!The Macquarie Concise...

***COMPLETELY REVISED & UPDATED with new features including audio pronunciations!***DISCOUNTED PRICE down from $19.99!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.Based on the Macquarie Concise Dictionary Fifth Edition and equivalent to a 1500 page book retailing at A$50, the app includes: - Over 80,000 words and phrases - Over 124,000 definitions - Over 6000 encyclopedic entries - Over 22,000 word origins or etmyologies - Over 25,000 audio pronunciations (new!) - IPA pronunciations - Usage notes - EtymologiesSearch features include: - Simple and fast search - Fuzzy and wildcard search options - Voice search (new!) - Browse through entries (new!) - Bookmark entries (new!) - Recent search list (new!) - Note-taking feature (new!) - Cross-reference links (new!) - Options to share content (new!) - Word of the Day (new!) - Compatible with VoiceOver - Access anytime without an internet connection**Note that access to audio pronunciations requires internet connection.*Note iPad version currently does not rotate screen - this will be fixed in later updates to come.Based on the Macquarie Concise Dictionary Fifth Edition, this app features thousands of new words and 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 Barangaroo, Black Saturday, Earth Hour and Large Hadron Collider - words and phrases from regional Australia black snow, hydro pole, nointer and schnitterThis 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.Macquarie, by definition AustralianCopyright Macquarie Dictionary Publishers Australia 2013.