Advanced English app review: dictionary and thesaurus

Introduction

Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus is an iPhone and iPad app that will help you always find the right words for the situation.

What we have here is an app that contains close to five million words, phrases, and definitions along with sample sentences to help you understand the word in context, and high-quality audio pronunciations so you you use these words in regular conversation.

Let's take a look at the features of this app.

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Look Up Millions of Words

Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus can be found in the Reference category of the App Store, and it's available for purchase for $1.99.

This app contains 591,700 entries, 4.9 million words, and 335,000 word relations, making it a highly comprehensive English dictionary.

Not only does this app contain words that you might use on a day to day basis, but it also comes packed with technical and geographic terms, biographical data, and other words that you might need in a field of study or profession.

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Pronunciation Guides

Alternatives to any specific word can be found by using the word link available which will open up new realms of vocabulary. You can also expand your vocabulary by shaking your device, as it'll present you with a random word.

This app will teach you how to pronounce the words in American, British, and Australian English, and audio is available in male voices as well as female voices. IPA pronunciations can also be viewed.

You'll be pleased to know that the content of this app is available to you at your behest even without an Internet connection.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• Contains over 4.9 million words, with over half a million entries and 330,000 word relations
• Comes with sentence examples to teach you how to use words in context
• Audio pronunciations are also available in British, American, and Australian English
• Also comes with IPA pronunciation guides
• Search history and bookmarking functions
• Self-contained app

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

Final Words

Whether you're looking to expand your vocabulary or you simply want to have a handy, comprehensive reference guide available at your beck and call on your iPhone or iPad, then Advanced English Dictionary & Thesaurus is definitely worth checking out.