LDOCE Plus app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 1872 ratings )
Reference Education Entertainment
Developer: English Channel, Inc.
32.99 USD
Current version: 9.5.1, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 14 Feb 2013
App size: 1.23 Gb

More features than any other dictionary app available!
And the most connected dictionary app on iOS -works together with more third-party dictionaries and apps than anyone else.

Longmans flagship learner’s dictionary PLUS the Longman Activator Thesaurus
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The ultimate learners resource of the English language for use anywhere and anytime.

Are you looking to increase your English vocabulary? Do you have difficulty deciding on the correct word to use in a particular situation? Then the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English PLUS Longman Activator Thesaurus is the app for you.

The Longman Activator Thesaurus is a thesaurus for learners of English – and unlike a traditional thesaurus, it provides full explanations of all words and phrases so that you truly understand the differences between them. For this reason, the Longman Activator Thesaurus has been described as “better than a thesaurus”!

LDOCE Dictionary details:
● 230,000 words, phrases and meanings - more than any other learners dictionary
● 165,000 examples based on real, natural English from the Longman Corpus Network
● 10,000 encyclopedic entries -people and places.
● Clear definitions written using only 2,000 common words
● Full IPA phonetic transcriptions for all words
● 5,000 verb conjugation tables
● Over 3000 images and 120 videos to explain meanings at a glance
● Most frequent 3,000 words in spoken & written English highlighted for you
● Register Notes focus on the differences between spoken and written English.
● The Academic Word List is highlighted to help you improve your essays and presentations.
● Grammar and warning notes ensure that you avoid the most common errors.
● Integrated Collocations Dictionary. Over 80,000 collocations will improve your fluency.
● Integrated Thesaurus.
 -Over 20,000 synonyms, antonyms and related words will improve your vocabulary range.

83,000 pronunciation files
  —all headwords in both UK & US accents
another 86,000 recorded example sentences
  —via external links. Over 20GB of audio!

Activator Thesaurus details:
+ 866 keywords – basic words that you already know
+ Over 22,000 words and phrases
  – all fully explained and illustrated with example sentences
+ Full index for quick look-up of words or phrases
+ Over 15,000 audio pronunciations in British & American English
+ Full IPA phonetic transcriptions for all words and phrases
+ Over 400 images

Making this the largest resource for English learning available on ANY mobile platform!

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Application Features:
● full contents of the print dictionary
- PLUS additional collocations, synonyms & word histories
● complete front matter & additional resources
● unique three-way cross-referencing search
● real-time progressing look-up
● wildcard pattern searches -with * ?
● spelling suggestion dictionary included
● hyperlinking directly to meanings & appendices
● example sentence search
● search on idioms & phrasal verbs
● search on synonym & "sign-post" meanings
● Bookmarks with folders and editable notations
● Bookmark syncing via iCloud
● automatic history listing
● Flashcards to test yourself
● Teachers resources in PDF for printing or email
● "Word-of-the-Day" sets including TOEIC® & TOEFL®
● "Today" widget for finding new words
● "Share" extension​ to search inside other apps
● "LDOCE Broadcast" for second-screen & iPad split-screen search
● OS-independent app localization
● search from other applications via a public API
● DarkMode & 3D Touch support
● iPad Pro multi-screen and Drag & Drop
● complete offline use
● Supports iOS 9 ~ 16
● iPhone, iPod, iPad and macOS support
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Social Media:
● supports Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo & Evernote posts.
● Full layout for definition emails & Evernote posts.

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Copyright:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
© Pearson Education Limited
Longman Activator Thesaurus, Second Edition
© Pearson Education Limited

Pros and cons of LDOCE Plus app for iPhone and iPad

LDOCE Plus app good for

Excellent dictionary, activator is a marvelous tool to find the best, precise expression. I am very impressed by the very high standard of this application.
Better you buy this (older) LDOCE Plus from this developer here, although it is based on the fifth and not on the sixth edition. The vocabulary is highly identical, but the app functionality is much better than with the newer app (from Longman/Pearson itself), because the newer one seems to be kind of a scam. They say there is full text search, search for phrasal verbs, search from other apps via the sharing menu. None of this really works!
Hi there For downloading a longman dictionary , my itunes shows that I should wait for more than 50 hours . Is something wrong that side or I should check s.t. Here in my side ? Bijan
This is the best dictionary app and the best English dictionary that I have ever seen in the App Store.
A decent up-to-date dictionary. Irreplaceable tool in English spoken world.
I didnt manage to import bookmarks to my iphone. I tried via iCloud and via iTunes and nothing worked.

Some bad moments

After last one updating there are some problems with this app like unexpected crashes. Fix it please.
I simply love this dictionary, one of the best reference tools out there. Its really worth the money, however this last update blew it all. It doesnt seem to work on my iPhone 5. Hope they fix it soon
This dictionary was the best and the most useful one before it was updated yesterday!! Now, when I tap any word on the page, it could not show the option table and just shut down suddenly. That means it lost the most part of functions!! The money users paid is not only for basic searching function but also for professional maintenance!! Fix it ASAP, please!!!
This app does not even worth a penny. it looks very unprofessional and amature designed. Complicated app and kept crashing on my iphone.
I purchaised this app yrs ago ang keep using it seens then...but to my suprice! I cant used this app...i tried to DL this again for I know that downloding this wont take any money from my acc but it isnt...
これまで通り例文を音声で聞きたければ100円払えってどんなアップグレードですか?Problem with server!の表示もわけ分かりません。早く元に戻してください!