Dictionary. Reviews

by Dutchboy78

Dictionary is pretty good generally, but when it comes to using or finding historically used vocabulary it is not so hot. And I have suddenly started having self correction take place even when I retype the word exactly the way I wanted to be spelled, sometimes two or three times… It’s very very annoying! End it just writing this review took some doing… One would think that the words “read type”and “vocab you Larry” would already be in your this app! But as you can read above that is not so. You still have quite a lot of bugs to fix. It was my understanding that modern electronic dictionaries had a learning process that was supposed to be intuitive, but it seems that I constantly run into the same errors of misprinting and poor dictation over and over again.

by Suzy Creamcheese1

The word or base word 'pan' as in
*pandemic* is n o w h e r e in the Farlex this app app. I wondered why the majority of people in my country, the USA are so cavalier about not following basic, simple guidelines like wearing masks. No social distancing, gathering in hoards to join trump in his insanity reality rallies. So i started wondering if pandemic or it's base word PAN is even in the dictionaries for people to look up and maybe begin to understand the direness of this virus and what it actually means. It's not chicken pox, polio, this is new and we know next to nothing about it and I think it MUST be entered into every major this app immediately with an in depth definition of how all invasive it actually is. I hope you will consider this and your lon list of pan this and that, probably at least 30 uses or meanings with PAN. But not one has pandemic. Thank you.

by Anglodutch

I love Dictionary , it’s games and its educational purpose. The developers don’t want this to be only a reference app but to also have pedagogical components, thus its vocabulary-building games, etc. Kudos!

That’s why the I desperately wish the developers would enhance the flashcard feature, which could be a more powerful education feature of Dictionary if some greater flexibility was programmed into it.

Currently, you can create only one flashcard for a word and assign only one definition to a word. Some words have many definitions, of course, and can function as different parts of speech.

For instance, one should be be able to create a flashcard for “articulate (adjective)” and another for “articulate (verb)” — one should be able to edit the word shown, too, so that one can add to it cues such as “(verb)” or “(definition 1),” etc.

Also, the definition character/word limit is too low, so you can’t, for instance, copy and paste additional definitions into the card in an attempt to get around the only-one-card-per-word, only-one-definition-per-word limitation.

by Stanleynovel

Thank you for this this app, I’ve been using it for a year or so. I like about it that it gives fully appropriate and numerous explanations for this or that word (even with pictures). The only thing as of now I dislike and feel inconvenience as follows:

1. When I’m switching from “this app” to “Thesaurus” (on the bottom of the page) it returns me back to “this app”. Some malfunction in the switching process. And then I need to do it second time (all the times), it is so annoying.
2. There is the first line with the word (I searched), sound icon and transcription. I don’t have any big fingertips but when I’m pressing the sound icon to hear the word it goes to another page because it seems accidentally I press on the transcription word (which is situated too close to the sound icon), I think it needs to be placed farther from each other.

Please fix all these cons.

Thank you!

by GrMrquEn

However, occasionally I will have to resort to another this app to find the word I need.

What I like about this site:
Definitions from several sources are given: a helpful feature.
Often word origins are included.
Common foreign words/phrases are included.
There are usage notes, usually when I need them!
There is a thesaurus.
Some proper nouns are included.
There is an offline alternative and it is free.
There are two text methods of pronunciation.
There is an audio pronunciation feature and it is free.

Having said that, the first two audio voices - American and British - accessed by the flag icons - frequently and laughably butcher pronunciations. Witness “ampoules,” which the Brit voice pronounces with an extra “l” as “amplool.” There are many more, and more extreme examples, but I’ve forgotten all of them (fortunately or, with my suggestible nature, I might be walking around sounding like an illiterate fool)!
The male American voice, accessed by the speaker icon, is the most accurate. Obviously some thought and expertise were involved in his software.
But I use the American and Brit pronunciations only if I want a good laugh, or, if I want to see how thoroughly a word might be mispronounced. Maybe you’d like to think about offing the Brit and the flag Yank!

Nevertheless, Thank You for publishing this this app because, despite its flaws, it is my go-to this app, and I use it frequently.

Tam

by PeekMeUp

I used to love Dictionary but I'm so tired of being asked for feedback, with no improvement to Dictionary . I have repeatedly requested the ability to bookmark words into customized lists or categories instead of the one list especially if you have hundreds of words bookmarked. This is perfect for people who want to separate medical terms from
their favorite words, etc. This would make Dictionary so much better but they obviously don't care enough to develop Dictionary in realistic ways to satisfy the people who use it. I also highly doubt that I'm the only person who has asked for this feature.

by ThuNhien

The forced ads popped up. It had sound even the phone in silent mode. Could not skip the apps. Had to wait for 5s. WITH SOUNDS ON IN A SEMINAR. Horrible and embarrassing experience. Thefreedictionary is always my favorite website to looks up words. I was so happy when I could use Dictionary. Until this terrible accident happened. I only want to look up vocabulary. You can show ads but without sound please! Don't you think people only use Dictionary in their free time, not work time? SO DISAPPOINTED!

Updated: Thanks for the quick response. I will keep an eye on this later and send you more information if I happen to come across same problem again.

New update: The audio ads has been found and removed! Great job and prompt action!

by Darline Pokes

I’ve been using this for 4 days and it’s pretty good but please add like a voice that says the word and add more things not just a boring little search bar with words do like a pink and blue background and the letters sorted by the words tbh I don’t like search bars do like the pages like a book get inspiration from iBooks. Read a book and turn the page like that’s what I mean.... But this is actually legit and cool! Just I would like more.... and add tabs to flip to like t a r l o and n like it might be hard for some I understand but make it ya know...fun... I’m a 3rd grader and I really want fun things and I use this to study spelling words and meanings but it’s boooorrrriiinnnng without things and also please make the tabs colorful!!!!! Thanks for reading this.

by JohnBoyCanada

I love Dictionary. So easy to use, so handy when I need a similar word quickly or when I don’t understand a word.
Excellent app which meets my daily needs. Fun to use and I really like the additional notes of interest that it offers each day with fun filled facts. Tests my brain and strengthens my knowledge. I really enjoy all the useful information Dictionary provides. One of the Best free apps I have ever installed. I wish more apps were this much fun, as useful and as helpful. Thanks for such a great app!

Bottom line: Quick, fast, fun and easy to use. Wonderful app!

by Riken Patel

When you look for installing this app on your phone 1. you look for free, 2. For those English is not there native language they would be looking for a word explained in a "sentence"using it as an "for example", along with meaning defined. Now on top of all this basics, you get to see 3. Synonyms, 4. You can make your own books of the words which learnt, by adding them into a book.

There are many reasons for not going to look for any other this app my friends!

- Riken Patel

by I AM JOSEPH

This is an awesome tool to have at your fingertips! Words that we use everyday are explained in detail once you look them up. This is also a wonderful tool while reading my Bible. While studying, I look up words I thought I knew the meaning for and come to find out that they mean something totally different!! This in turn makes the Living Word come to life!! You first have to know what words mean in your own language then you can study the Bible languages. I also like the push notification with the word of the day. AWESOME!! May God bless you all!!

by Zay Nomie

I write a lot and so I need a this app on hand. Well this one comes with minimal to no advertisements cluttering the interface. It’s straightforward and easy to use. They also have a few unnecessary but fun features like a word of the day (which can be added as a widget on the iPhone) and some word related games like hangman or matching games. If you went on Dictionary even when you don’t have a word you need to look up you could spend a little time playing a mini game or learning something every day because of their fact of their idiom, article, and quote of the day. The “This day in history” section is always something I never new or thought about before so that’s a neat feature.

TLDR: It works like you want it to plus extra features. Would recommend.

by Houseofnoel

I downloaded the free version first, however I quickly saw that the quality of the info and the amount give was well worth the upgrade to get rid of the ads. I also realized that I have been using one other mobile this app for so many years that it would be great to see what another has to offer. The reviews were so consistently great that I had to download. I prefer ad free so I immediately sprung for the $2. It is well worth $2!!! It is more than worth $2 if you love words. I ended up here because I was looking for a proverb and ended up on the idiom page of the website and saw that I could download an app. My future use remains to be seen, however look forward to using Dictionary and being motivated to grow my word strength again...

1st update...the idiom section includes a short video that gives examples of the idiom! It was simple, clear, quick, and very teachable. I love Dictionary already!

by ElizabethAdele

Use it most every day. Love learning about people, events, new words. I enjoy the Match and Mismatch games.
There is one small thing that I wish they would correct. When checking answers or reading an article, when you tap the return icon it takes you all the way back to the top of their beginning page and not where you were reading. You end up having to scroll down to where you were. Any chance of fixing that? Otherwise, an excellent ap and worthy to have. Amazing app.
2018- still using Dictionary and love it. Love learning definitions to new words. Helps my memory and keeps me active mentally.

by Gringorgulloso

Dictionary provides the various regions where a word is used. Dictionary seems to draw definitions from various sources so one gets a better understanding of a particular word and how it should be used.

If a certain word can have similar meanings in other disciplines it distinguishes it by indicating that that particular definition comes from a medical this app, etc.

There is also a translation function that tells you the Spanish counterpart. I’m sure there are other languages available. This proves useful if you happen to be bilingual.

The this app requires access to the internet. There might be a premium edition that allows one to download various dictionaries on your device.

I believe there is a screen that allows one to play various word games to increase one’s vocabulary. There is also of course the standard “Word of the Day”. It’s an excellent app that I find both enjoyable and useful.

It’s an app that one must have if one enjoys the origin and etymology of words

by Furrawn

I have moved this lovely, brilliant, and detailed piece of awesomeness known as The Free this app to the home page of my iphone. It has helped me understand medical terms for so many of the medical studies on Lancet and etc I’ve read since covid began. I’m a preschool teacher rather than a medical professional. Also, non-medical words- there’s always the delicious etymology... multiple detailed entries. Truly I cannot say enough wonderful about this this app. $2 to remove ads? Worth it to thank the developers even if ads weren’t annoying. Thank you for making Dictionary & for keeping it ios current!

by T.fantom

I do feel sorry for not having the ability to give as much appreciation and attention to Dictionary as I would like. I look forward to using this app everyday and find myself rather down when I don’t have internet access. Yes, it advertises offline availability, though unfortunately, I’ve never been able to utilize it for some reason it just won’t load for me. Aside from that, When I am able to use this app, I’m on it sometimes for hours at a time, or I have it open in my recently used apps line up to be referenced, toggling back and forth when I need it. So again, many thanks to it’s developers.

by The Wayward Review

I am giving it a five star rating because the free version does it’s job. Later on in the review I will list some features I rhino would help, but I won’t knock the score because it could be in the premium version and I’m just not aware.

This is my preferred this app app because it is sleek, simple design, it include audio from UK as well as American pronunciation, and I think it’s a crime to not include both and I’m surprised more this app websites do not.
The entries for each word is brilliantly expansive, including as many definitions as possible, and also a well thought-out, and well designed thesaurus.

Dictionary does it’s job as a mobile this app, that’s all I could ever ask.

I don’t always play the vocabulary mobile games inside Dictionary , but they are legitimately fun brain teasers.

Possible features to include:

I don’t not like that there is no way to build a list of favourites. So if you come across a word that you really liked you’ll have to jot it down somewhere else on your phone or physically. If this feature exists, then I cannot find it. If it is in the premium version that it is not advertised.

by Technicolor73

I remember way back in the days when Dictionary Store was in its infancy. The Merriam-Webster this app was one of the first five apps I ever downloaded and I was loyal to it for years! ... I somehow stumbled upon ‘the Free this app.’ I think it took me about two weeks to fully convert into a loyalist to Dictionary from them on!

For one thing, all of the definitions I’ve ever come across are extremely thorough and as multi-faceted as necessitated. The ability to search multiple languages is fantastic and I think it’s wonderful that the language of origin is immediately identified in the search. It’s really a boon for the users who get the added benefit of learning links between cultures.

I do not use the thesaurus very often* , but when I do, I’m always surprised by the quality of the suggestions as well as the nuances of the queried term.

This is a wonderful app. Thinking about it now, I’m realizing I should spend more time playing around with it and meandering through the lexicon. My one complaint is that the words of the day are about as lame as can be - I don’t think I’ve seen one that would present a challenge to a second-grader, but there may be a way to adjust that.

Get Dictionary!

by Prettybirdprettybird

Dictionary I think is so SO sooooo worth 4 bones. I LOVE it and the developers deserve to have this noticed and when u use a free version of an app often and you find it useful and interesting ans enlightening and well designed, it seems to me that paying for the one that costs just a few bucks is only fair to the developers. My philosophy is that when I have established I very much like the free version of any app and use it regularly, that it is a given to pitch in to support the people that made it. But... I dunno if people in this society of ours think much about the actual people behind Dictionary ... they dont get past the thought "is it free?". Well, people out there should use free apps all they want as I do, but the ones i use regularly I will upgrade once they become a common go to for me. But that's me.

by WordNanaD

I enjoy the word matches and WordHub. I don’t really pay attention to the scoring on WordHub, but it seems it could be prorated in relation to the total possible words. That is, if I get 13 of 20 possible words, isn’t that better than getting 33 out of a 100? Also, sometimes I get hooked into trying to find the answer to a teaser question in the accompanying articles for the history or birthday sections. That is often exasperating. The articles are generally quite lengthy and the answer is buried within. There is a lot of information in the articles, and it would be too time-consuming to read a lot of them. Some are almost like a short book. But I learn new things and amuse myself with the variety of activities available. I also wonder if the this app is British as some of the words and expressions seem to reflect that.

by Subliminal_smash

There weren't always full page pop-up ads, and I'd love to know how to stop them on any device I download Dictionary to. Pop-ups cause me to stop use entirely. But, they don't happen so often that I can't appreciate using this one.
I love (obsessively) Words Within Words.
I also like to check my horoscope, play hangman, and match up. There's also an antonym game I'm growing to like.
Okay, I think I like everything about Dictionary... Except the full page pop-up ads. But, I am using the free version on this device. I pay on my other device and never see them. (They make me want to Hulk Smash!)
But, I'll survive.

by Twistedchic

This is not just an app with a little definition or quote, this does so many things important to learn you can never stop. I start reading the quote of the day and then tells you part of it and the historical aspect and I could read all day. This is very accurate data and wish the high schools would be able to teach this informative app does. Thanks to the people who put time in Dictionary 🤙. We also find the games which are very thought provoking for everyone and it’s not just games of who knows an emoji equation ‼️

by JohnBoyFromCanada

I love Dictionary. So easy to use, so handy when I need a similar word quickly or when I don’t understand a word.
Excellent app which meets my daily needs. Fun to use and I really like the additional notes of interest that it offers each day with fun filled facts. Tests my brain and strengthens my knowledge. I really enjoy all the useful information Dictionary provides. One of the Best free apps I have ever installed. I wish more apps were this much fun, as useful and as helpful. Thanks for such a great app!

Bottom line: Quick, fast, fun and easy to use. Wonderful app!