With this dictionary app, you can look up word definitions, hear pronunciations, and explore etymologies. Includes comprehensive dictionary text, pronunciation charts, sound files, and searchable indexes.
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About American Heritage Dictionary 5
This latest edition has been much anticipated:
10 years
20 Lexicographers
200 Usage Experts
10,000 New Words and Senses
1 Defining Achievement
Keep the hardcopy at home and take the app out with you wherever you need it.
Main Features:
● the entire text of this landmark new edition
● complete front matter and appendices
● real-time progressive searching
● three-way cross-referencing indexes
● wildcard pattern searches (with * ?)
● online search support for rare words and slang
● spelling suggestions
● internal hyperlinking
● zoomable graphics
● full pronunciation symbols chart
● IPA pronunciation symbol conversion
● detailed etymologies with links to root appendices
● professionally recorded sound files
● automatic search history
● fallback online search for esoteric or archaic words and the latest slang
● AI boosted anagram generator
● two-way external application interaction
● bookmarks with editable notations
● make-your-own flashcards
● "Word-a-day" feature with TOEIC® & TOEFL® lists
● "Share" extension to search inside other apps -with "store for later"
● "Today" and LockScreen widgets
● 3D Touch support
● DarkMode support
● iPad Pro multi-screen and Drag & Drop
● Dyslexic mode and VoiceOver support
● iOS12 to iOS26 support
● iPhone 17 support
● iPhone, iPod, iPad and macOS support
In keeping with the American Heritage® tradition of cutting-edge research, the Fifth Edition represents the work of a dedicated team of experts, scholars, and contributors. Thousands of definitions have been revised in rapidly changing fields such as astronomy and biology, geographical entries and maps have been completely updated, and the dictionary’s signature feature notes on word history, synonymy, and language variation have been enhanced and improved.
Word meanings are made easier to understand with thousands of new quotations from classic and contemporary writers. Etymologies explaining word origins and development have been newly created or revised to reflect the very latest scholarship. Many words are traced back to their roots in prehistory through two unique appendices showing word roots in ancient Indo-European and Semitic.
Reliable, enlightening, and visually stunning, the Fifth Edition of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language gives you the opportunity to make your mark in the best possible way.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
http://www.hmhco.com
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Arya_1397
Literally no support
I purchased this app a few years ago and after updating my phone it didn’t work and asked to purchase it again. I don’t know how many times I have emailed the support team to solve this issue but an automated email is sent to me every time. Literally no answer or support. It’s disappointing that this team has no respect for the customer 👎🏻
this is a disappointing app
Worse with each upgrade.
Why must perfectly apps be broken?