Shorter Oxford English

After looking up one word, the most likely action if one doesn’t exit the app, is to look up another word. To do that, the user clicks on the search icon (magnifying glass), which pulls up the search field with the previous word already entered, plus the keyboard is shown. If the user wishes to find a different word, they would naturally tap the little (x) to clear the search field instantly. While the search field does clear, but the keyboard goes away and the user is placed at the beginning of the dictionary. *How often do people want to scroll through the dictionary starting at the beginning?* Clicking the (x) should clear the search field and maintain display of the keyboard.

It's wonderful having a dictionary this detailed and thorough at my fingertips. I work for a company that writes language arts curriculum, and between work used and looking things up on my own as I'm reading for pleasure, I often use it multiple times per day. It is one of my favorite apps. I loved using the Complete 20-volume OED in college and grad school and being able to see how the usage and meaning of words has changed over the centuries, so it’s amazing to be able to now carry access to The Shorter OED - not quite as comprehensive, but still more thorough than most dictionaries and a wealth of information about English words - in my pocket! For me, having a dictionary this reliable and comprehensive, with no ads, with substantial offline offerings, has been well worth the price.

Good dictionary! I think the price I paid is well worth it. I use it several days a week and am satisfied almost every time. I do use other dictionaries in conjunction, but with this version of OED I am able to go deeper and even longer (due to the numerous definitions and example sentences that lead to further research). It’s not merely a tool to pull out when I’m at a loss for words or when I’m stuck speechless, bewildered by a colleague’s infernal anachronism. It’s also a thing of joy; I get such pleasure from how it lubricates my tongue and pen and aids my lingual bursts. It’s multifariously stimulating: this dic keeps me perked up, intellectually of course, and I imagine its wiles will keep me coming for many years.

I have other dictionaries, but for a number of words I am looking up, (and I enjoy reading older texts such as the Early Greek Fathers) this is the only one which will have the word's definition. You have to get rid of the apps as they are annoying and cumbersome, so go with the upgrade. The word of the day must be randomly generated because the words they choose are sometimes basic or a spelling derivations of another word (and that is all the info provided on that word, the alternate spelling.)

I have 3 dictionary apps on my phone. This was the last one added. Realized recently this is the one I go to first. I always like knowing the origin of a word as well as its definition. I find all that information front and center in a visually satisfying display. The embedded hyperlinks also prove helpful when my curiosity wants even more. The only "downside" is I sometimes find myself lingering in the joy of learning about the subtleties of a word's meaning and origin longer than I had expected.