Dictionary.com 8.0.0.0

Keep one of the most comprehensive language resources in your back pocket

Consulting a reliable reference to understand all the meanings of a word and to view several usage scenarios can take a bit of time, often more than one is willing to spend for carrying out such a task. Fortunately, there are quite a few solutions at hand and one of them is Dictionary.com.

With an impressive database that also makes use of the Thesaurus.com entries, this utility seems to be for good reason the tool of choice for numerous Windows Phone users.

Simple and clean appearance, focused on functionality

The application appears before your eyes in a pleasant manner, with some nicely designed visuals that befit the purpose of the utility. The information is very well organized and presented in a neatly structured manner throughout the app.

Browsing through the menus and lists inside Dictionary.com has a very fluent feel to it and the data is loaded promptly, without any visible delays.

An online and offline resource with useful extra features

This app has a very responsive search engine that finds the word you want to lookup in an instant and in case it is not available or you make a mistake when typing it, the suggestions offered right away could come in handy. It is possible to use Dictionary.com when an Internet connection is not available by downloading the offline packs right after installing the application or later on.

There are several supplementary sections you might enjoy visiting, namely the "Word of the Day", "The Hot Word", the "Question of the Day" and the "Spanish Word of the Day". You just have to make sure the toast notifications are disabled from the "Settings" area if you don't want to be bothered with announcements every hour or so.

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softpedia rating

4.5/5

user rating

UNRATED

0.0/5

0/5

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Hits & Misses

hits

includes both Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com databases
can be used offline

misses

toast notifications for the "Word of the Day" appear many times a day
sometimes it takes a lot of time to update the "Word of the Day"

Bottom Line

Design / UI9 The pleasant interface of the utility is in tune with the impressive content it offers and the GUI facilitates the operation through practicality and ease of use.	Function9 Thanks to a solid joint dictionary and thesaurus database, this application manages to offer a comprehensive and reliable resource for all users. The occasional glitches, like the slow updating of "Word of the Day" count as small drawback compared to the solid feature set brought by Dictionary.com.	Security7 Discretion seems to be a word rarely visited by this app as it want to access a lot of system areas that are not related to its functionality, like the location services or the multimedia libraries.
Battery8 Using the application in offline mode will save some power, but in any case, the battery usage is pretty much moderate even when using the online database.	Price10 This utility provides free access access to a valuable resource of knowledge and even carries some extra features, so it cannot score less than maximum points here.	Compatibility10 All Windows Phone users will be able to have this priceless tool installed onto their handsets, as it works on any device powered by version 7 or above of the operating system.

Editor's Review

EXCELLENT

Never run out of words with this smart assistant

Reviewed by Olivian Puha, last updated on November 21st, 07:13 GMT.

Specifications

price:: 100% Free
current version:: 8.0.0.0
reviewed version:: 2.0
developer:: Dictionary.com
category:: SCIENCE & EDUCATION
os version req.:: 7, 7.5, 8, 8.1
age rating:: N/A
in-app purchases:: No
hits:: 384

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