Dictionary - Merriam-Webster

America's most useful and respected dictionary.

Dictionary - Merriam-Webster

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By: Merriam-Webster Inc.

Users: 54,048,767

32.48K

Rating: 3.96

(532,594)

2 new ratings

Version: 5.5.3 (Last updated: 2024-06-04)

Creation date: 2011-06-24

Email: ap*****@merriam-webster.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections

Other:

download files without notification
receive data from Internet
view network connections
full network access
run at startup
prevent device from sleeping
Google Play license check
read Google service configuration

Ranking

# 2,300 ▼ 10

Other rankings

#63 in Books and reference (Free) ▲ 20

#151 in Books and reference (Gross) ▼ 3

#1 in definition keyword 80

#1 in dictionary keyword 82

#2 in thesaurus keyword 58

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App summary

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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

User reviews

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Pros

Provides definitions of words
Relatively low subscription fee to remove ads
Includes a thesaurus and word games
Has a feature to save words and history
Broadens vocabulary

Cons

Intrusive and repetitive ads
Unintuitive navigation with too many hyperlinks
Frequent app crashing and freezing
Slow search response times
Account management issues for subscribers

Most mentioned

Ads are annoying and intrusive
Navigation issues due to hyperlinks
App often crashes or freezes
Frequent updates may worsen functionality
Good for definitions but lacks comprehensive understanding

User reviews

This app works great! I've had this app for about 4 years now and have never had even 1 problem. I gave this app 4 stars about 4 years ago, but now I have to cut it in half and drop it to a 2 star. What changed it is that I just saw a sexually explicit advertisement on here. If I see 👀 it one more time, I'll drop it to a 1 star and uninstall it.

Robert DePrato, 2024-11-19

Its useful a decent amount of the times. The ads are ever constant if you plan to look at more than just one word. The definitions are mostly terrible in describing the actual word and almost always force me to click on links to other words to truly understand the word. After clicking on those links I am forced to see more ads. Main complaint is the constant need to just refer back to Google rather than just get a good definiton for the word, and piece it together while being sent to more ads

julio orendain, 2024-09-08

Does what I want: provide definitions of words. Ads are banner style and relatively unobtrusive, and the subscription to get rid of them is dirt cheap at $3/year. Also has a thesaurus and some nice things like word games and a word of the day. Edit: there are some pretty annoying bugs. Sometimes the app will just freeze, sometimes it'll load indefinitely and I have to restart it.