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American English Reference at HandThis dictionary packs an extraordinary amount of information into a handy book that is practical, dependable, affordable, and easy to read. Based on the groundbreaking flagship dictionary of Oxford's US Dictionaries program, the New Oxford American Dictionary, this concise edition includes more than 180,000 entries and definitions, complete with pronunciations, parts of speech, syllabification, inflected forms, and derivatives. The Concise Oxford American Dictionary is a convenient and complete dictionary for school, work, and home. Also available - Audio Concise Oxford American Dictionary, featuring the Oxford English audio database of 50,000 Oxford pre-recorded audio word pronunciations to help you improve your listening and speaking skills in English. A Tool for Daily UseMore than 180,000 entries and definitions;Hundreds of Word Histories that provide fascinating background on the lives of words;Usage Notes that give helpful information on correct English. The MSDict Dictionary FormatThe Concise Oxford American Dictionary is here presented in MSDict electronic format. MSDict offers best experience in mobile reference and is available for any handheld platform.Quick dynamic search of words while you typeAudio pronunciations (through additional installed sound modules)Hyperlinks between different related wordsHandy custom filters added to help you locate the word you are searching for: Fussy filter- used when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word Keyword- used to locate the instances of a key word within other compound words Wild card - "?" and "*" replace a letter and group of letters in words Dynamic changing of font sizesHistory lists of visited wordsSupport of multiple dictionaries installed at a timeFullscreen supportPage scrolling mode addedAbility to select and change the language for MSDict menus and messages. The supported languages are- English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Finish, Russian and Portuguese.Copy single words, selected paragraphs or whole word definitions in external programs on your phoneTwo different work modes- View and Selection for your convenience when browsing word definition The MSDict 5 Out Now - MSDict is Now Talking with the Oxford VoiceThe new dictionary reader is speech enabled and powered by the extraordinary add-in Oxford sound module of 50,000 pre-recorded words that will allow you to listen and learn genuine English pronunciation.50,000 audio word pronunciations to be used with any MSDict English monolingual dictionary or bilingual one with Englishhigh-quality recordings with British English pronunciations compiled and recorded by Oxford University Pressthe riches sound database available for mobilesaccurate coverage of different homographs, variant forms and inflectionsfull information on parts of speech and subsenses coveredRegistered users of previous version of MSDict can upgrade to the new speech enabled MSDict by selecting one of the following: Concise Oxford English Audio Module - 50,000 words - 53.7Mb - Upgrade Price: 19.99 Concise Oxford English Audio Module (Short) - 17,000 words - 18.5Mb - Upgrade Price: 14.99

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Date:Jun 2007
License:PurchasePrice:$24.99
Platform:Mobile
System Req:Symbian OS 9
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