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Oct 21, 2022
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About Terminology Dictionary
Terminology is a browser for the English language – part dictionary, part thesaurus and part research tool. Terminology makes it easy to explore words and phrases, diving down to more and less specific terms - accessing the web and other apps for more detail and sharing.
More than a dictionary, Terminology can be extended with custom actions to search the Internet and other reference apps – making it a great place to start all your searches.
Use the share extension to select text anywhere, in any app, and look it up in Terminology.
### Dictionary, Thesaurus & Search
- Offline U.S. English dictionary and word reference with simple clear definitions.
- Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and deeper word relations such as: more and less specific words, part, part of, members, member of, pertains to and more.
- Favorite terms.
- Word browsing history.
- Add your own notes to any term.
- Audio pronunications.
- Wildcard (?,*) searching.
- Spelling suggestions.
- Fast, reliable, iCloud (CloudKit) sync and backup of history, favorites, notes and actions.
- Term of the day.
- Alternate App icons.
- Dark theme.
### Extensible Actions
Actions provide quick links to lookup and search your terms on websites and in other apps. Ready to use actions for popular reference sites like Wikipedia, Dictionary.com, Google, IMDb, Snopes and more, or create your own with simple URL templates.
### All the Latest Technologies
- Drag and drop text into Terminology to lookup, or drag out full text definitions and related words to other apps!
- Select alternate home screen icon!
- Share extension lets you access Terminology from a text selection in any app.
- Today widget for quick access.
- Drag and drop.
- 3D Touch support.
- iPad Multitasking/Split View support.
- Spotlight and Handoff support.
### More Features
- Extensive support for URL scheme integration via x-callback-url. Visit our website for details.
- Great support for Accessibility features like VoiceOver and Dynamic Text.
### About the Dictionary
- Terminology's offline dictionary is based on the latest 3.1 version of the Princeton University WordNet project and contains U.S. English words.
### CONTACT
We love to hear your feedback, please contact us.
Email: info@agiletortoise.com
Web: http://agiletortoise.com/terminology
Twitter/App.net: @terminologyapp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terminologyapp
More than a dictionary, Terminology can be extended with custom actions to search the Internet and other reference apps – making it a great place to start all your searches.
Use the share extension to select text anywhere, in any app, and look it up in Terminology.
### Dictionary, Thesaurus & Search
- Offline U.S. English dictionary and word reference with simple clear definitions.
- Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and deeper word relations such as: more and less specific words, part, part of, members, member of, pertains to and more.
- Favorite terms.
- Word browsing history.
- Add your own notes to any term.
- Audio pronunications.
- Wildcard (?,*) searching.
- Spelling suggestions.
- Fast, reliable, iCloud (CloudKit) sync and backup of history, favorites, notes and actions.
- Term of the day.
- Alternate App icons.
- Dark theme.
### Extensible Actions
Actions provide quick links to lookup and search your terms on websites and in other apps. Ready to use actions for popular reference sites like Wikipedia, Dictionary.com, Google, IMDb, Snopes and more, or create your own with simple URL templates.
### All the Latest Technologies
- Drag and drop text into Terminology to lookup, or drag out full text definitions and related words to other apps!
- Select alternate home screen icon!
- Share extension lets you access Terminology from a text selection in any app.
- Today widget for quick access.
- Drag and drop.
- 3D Touch support.
- iPad Multitasking/Split View support.
- Spotlight and Handoff support.
### More Features
- Extensive support for URL scheme integration via x-callback-url. Visit our website for details.
- Great support for Accessibility features like VoiceOver and Dynamic Text.
### About the Dictionary
- Terminology's offline dictionary is based on the latest 3.1 version of the Princeton University WordNet project and contains U.S. English words.
### CONTACT
We love to hear your feedback, please contact us.
Email: info@agiletortoise.com
Web: http://agiletortoise.com/terminology
Twitter/App.net: @terminologyapp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terminologyapp
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.7
Last updated on Oct 21, 2022
Old Versions
Slight redesign of actions, now providing a menu of additional actions next to the scrolling button row to allow easier access. This menu replaces the actions previously displayed at the bottom of a term's definitions.
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Version History
4.7
Oct 21, 2022
Slight redesign of actions, now providing a menu of additional actions next to the scrolling button row to allow easier access. This menu replaces the actions previously displayed at the bottom of a term's definitions.
4.6
Apr 29, 2021
Compatibility updates for the latest OS.
4.5
Jan 14, 2021
Compatibility updates and bug fixes.
4.4.4
Jan 22, 2020
Fix for crash adding actions on iPad.
4.4.3
Nov 22, 2019
Fix for display issue with some dynamic type sizes and for issue tapping word links.
4.4.2
Nov 19, 2019
Fix for background crash on iPad
4.4.1
Sep 28, 2019
Better dark mode contrast for Today widget.
4.4.0
Sep 19, 2019
Added some basic external keyboard shortcut support for find and navigating word lists. Hold down Command key with an external keyboard attached for list of available shortcuts.
The app now requires iOS 13 or greater.
Automatic dark mode switching.
The app now requires iOS 13 or greater.
Automatic dark mode switching.
4.3.2
Jul 18, 2019
Fix for a couple of odd-ball states that could result in sync stalling.
4.3.1
Feb 28, 2019
Fixes for a couple of crashing bugs.
4.3.0
Nov 5, 2018
Ready for the latest iPad screen sizes.
4.2.0
Jun 7, 2018
- **Change:** Remove all advertising and third party analytics from the app.
- **Fix:** Resolve several crashing bugs.
- **Change:** Require iOS 11 or greater.
Detailed notes on our blog, agiletortoise.com/blog
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
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- **Fix:** Resolve several crashing bugs.
- **Change:** Require iOS 11 or greater.
Detailed notes on our blog, agiletortoise.com/blog
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.1.4
Oct 13, 2017
A few quick fixes...
- **Change:** Do not lowercase suggestion for typed query.
- **Fix:** Issues with word lists scrolling to the top of the list, particularly after deletions.
- **Fix:** Issue new order not being saved properly when reordering actions in the action list.
- **Fix:** Crashing issue on iOS 10.
Detailed notes on our blog, agiletortoise.com/blog
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- **Change:** Do not lowercase suggestion for typed query.
- **Fix:** Issues with word lists scrolling to the top of the list, particularly after deletions.
- **Fix:** Issue new order not being saved properly when reordering actions in the action list.
- **Fix:** Crashing issue on iOS 10.
Detailed notes on our blog, agiletortoise.com/blog
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.1.3
Sep 27, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- **New:** Add classic app icon as alternate icon in settings.
- **Change:** Some modifications to ad, reducing frequency and some full screen ads.
- **Fix:** Crasher on iOS 10.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- **New:** Add classic app icon as alternate icon in settings.
- **Change:** Some modifications to ad, reducing frequency and some full screen ads.
- **Fix:** Crasher on iOS 10.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.1.2
Sep 19, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- Terminology is all ready for the latest iOS features!
- **New PRO feature:** Select alternate dark mode app icon in Settings!
- Drop text using drag and drop from any application to Terminology to look up the text (iPad only).
- Drag individual definitions and related words out of Terminology to any app that accepts dragged text (iPad only).
- More fixes for better support of the latest devices!
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- Terminology is all ready for the latest iOS features!
- **New PRO feature:** Select alternate dark mode app icon in Settings!
- Drop text using drag and drop from any application to Terminology to look up the text (iPad only).
- Drag individual definitions and related words out of Terminology to any app that accepts dragged text (iPad only).
- More fixes for better support of the latest devices!
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.1.1
Sep 17, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- Drag and drop individual definitions and related words out of Terminology on iPad to any app that accepts dragged text.
- More fixes for better support of the latest devices!
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- Drag and drop individual definitions and related words out of Terminology on iPad to any app that accepts dragged text.
- More fixes for better support of the latest devices!
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.1.0
Sep 15, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- Update for compatibility with iOS 11.
- Fix for rare sync conflict.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- Update for compatibility with iOS 11.
- Fix for rare sync conflict.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.0.9
Jun 2, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- **Fix:** Quick fix for a spacing issue in pro mode.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- **Fix:** Quick fix for a spacing issue in pro mode.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.0.8
Jun 1, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- **Fix:** Jumping UI in certain cases where ads were not available.
- **Change:** Disable auto-correct in search field.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- **Fix:** Jumping UI in certain cases where ads were not available.
- **Change:** Disable auto-correct in search field.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.0.7
May 11, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- **New:** /lookup URL scheme now supports "action=actionName" param, which will open directly to an action for the lookup. This is useful in creating launcher shortcuts which open directly to an action, rather than the standard definition page.
- **Change:** Improve contrast in dark theme.
- **Fix:** Pronunciations now do not stop other playing audio, but duck the audio.
- **Fix:** Icons in search did not match toolbar.
- **Change:** Less intrusive ad placement and content.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- **New:** /lookup URL scheme now supports "action=actionName" param, which will open directly to an action for the lookup. This is useful in creating launcher shortcuts which open directly to an action, rather than the standard definition page.
- **Change:** Improve contrast in dark theme.
- **Fix:** Pronunciations now do not stop other playing audio, but duck the audio.
- **Fix:** Icons in search did not match toolbar.
- **Change:** Less intrusive ad placement and content.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.0.6
Apr 12, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- **Fix:** Case where search for a root word would list duplicate results.
- **Change:** Build with latest 10.3 support.
- **Change:** Use new 10.3 ratings/review prompt system when available.
- **Other:** Other minor tweaks and improvements that are too boring to list individually.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- **Fix:** Case where search for a root word would list duplicate results.
- **Change:** Build with latest 10.3 support.
- **Change:** Use new 10.3 ratings/review prompt system when available.
- **Other:** Other minor tweaks and improvements that are too boring to list individually.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.0.5
Mar 8, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- **Fix:** Trim whitespace from query terms to avoid duplicate result.
- **Fix:** A few minor performance and bug fixes.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- **Fix:** Trim whitespace from query terms to avoid duplicate result.
- **Fix:** A few minor performance and bug fixes.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.0.4
Feb 14, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- **New:** Te:Define menu item allows lookup of text selections in existing definitions or in-app browser. Select text in an existing definition, or in a web page loaded via action in the app, and use the "Te:Define" item in the black text selection menu to lookup that term.
- **Fix:** Search field did not behave properly when typing some multi-byte languages.
- **Change:** Improve reliability of Spotlight indexing of terms.
- **Fix:** Make sure definitions scroll to top when navigating to new term.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- **New:** Te:Define menu item allows lookup of text selections in existing definitions or in-app browser. Select text in an existing definition, or in a web page loaded via action in the app, and use the "Te:Define" item in the black text selection menu to lookup that term.
- **Fix:** Search field did not behave properly when typing some multi-byte languages.
- **Change:** Improve reliability of Spotlight indexing of terms.
- **Fix:** Make sure definitions scroll to top when navigating to new term.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.0.3
Jan 26, 2017
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
- **Fix:** Change to search query should scroll suggestion list to top.
- **Change:** Increase some touch target sizes (like home and copy) button for easier access.
- **New:** Added ability to move action between top and bottom. Slide to the left on an action in the action editor to show "move" option.
- **Change:** Better handle case where "restore purchases" doesn't find any previous purchases.
- **Fix:** Avoid sync issue with values with looked up values which are too long.
- **Fix:** Crash processing certain extremely long incoming lookup texts.
- **Fix:** Avoid crash using "Save Image" from a web resource.
- **Fix:** Handle links with target=blank in built in web browser.
- **Fix:** IMDb action in default actions set was being created wrong.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- **Fix:** Change to search query should scroll suggestion list to top.
- **Change:** Increase some touch target sizes (like home and copy) button for easier access.
- **New:** Added ability to move action between top and bottom. Slide to the left on an action in the action editor to show "move" option.
- **Change:** Better handle case where "restore purchases" doesn't find any previous purchases.
- **Fix:** Avoid sync issue with values with looked up values which are too long.
- **Fix:** Crash processing certain extremely long incoming lookup texts.
- **Fix:** Avoid crash using "Save Image" from a web resource.
- **Fix:** Handle links with target=blank in built in web browser.
- **Fix:** IMDb action in default actions set was being created wrong.
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
4.0.2
Jan 16, 2017
## Terminology is all-new for 2017! Great new features include:
- All new interface makes it easier and quicker to research terms.
- Share extension, Today widget and more.
- Add user notes to any term.
- New fast, reliable CloudKit-based sync.
- Action Library makes it easier to add and manage other web and app resources.
- Audio pronunciations.
### Fixes in this release:
- **New:** Add support for {{ }} URL encoding in action templates.
- **Fix:** A couple of issue with initial setup of default actions in a new installation.
- **Change:** Disable auto-caps and auto-correct editing URL template in actions.
- **Fix:** Some outgoing URL encoding was failing to properly escape [[term_url]] tag.
- **Fix:** Tint color change sometimes did not take effect when auto-switching to dark mode.
- **Fix:** Tap on unknown term summary cell could trigger first action in bottom list accidentally.
- **Fix:** Fix for case where migration of old data could result in duplicate actions.
- **Fix:** Restore actions to default (in Settings) did not properly save the changes.
- **Fix:** URLs should ignore extraneous path elements. Fixes Instapaper lookup.
- **Change:** Improve handling of extraneous text passed to the share extension by host apps.
- **Fix:** Add error alert if unable to load a valid U.S. English speech voice for pronunciation. If you are having trouble with pronunciations, please check iOS Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech and confirm a U.S. English speech voice is configured.
### UPDATE NOTE
- Terminology is now a free download. $1.99 Pro unlock removes ads and enables custom action editing and dark mode. This is a complete new update and unlock requires new purchase. We appreciate your support and understanding that ongoing development requires periodic upgrades.
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
- All new interface makes it easier and quicker to research terms.
- Share extension, Today widget and more.
- Add user notes to any term.
- New fast, reliable CloudKit-based sync.
- Action Library makes it easier to add and manage other web and app resources.
- Audio pronunciations.
### Fixes in this release:
- **New:** Add support for {{ }} URL encoding in action templates.
- **Fix:** A couple of issue with initial setup of default actions in a new installation.
- **Change:** Disable auto-caps and auto-correct editing URL template in actions.
- **Fix:** Some outgoing URL encoding was failing to properly escape [[term_url]] tag.
- **Fix:** Tint color change sometimes did not take effect when auto-switching to dark mode.
- **Fix:** Tap on unknown term summary cell could trigger first action in bottom list accidentally.
- **Fix:** Fix for case where migration of old data could result in duplicate actions.
- **Fix:** Restore actions to default (in Settings) did not properly save the changes.
- **Fix:** URLs should ignore extraneous path elements. Fixes Instapaper lookup.
- **Change:** Improve handling of extraneous text passed to the share extension by host apps.
- **Fix:** Add error alert if unable to load a valid U.S. English speech voice for pronunciation. If you are having trouble with pronunciations, please check iOS Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech and confirm a U.S. English speech voice is configured.
### UPDATE NOTE
- Terminology is now a free download. $1.99 Pro unlock removes ads and enables custom action editing and dark mode. This is a complete new update and unlock requires new purchase. We appreciate your support and understanding that ongoing development requires periodic upgrades.
#### Visit our blog for more detailed release notes: agiletortoise.com/blog
Help & Support: info@agiletortoise.com
News and Tips: @terminologyapp on Facebook and Twitter
Review and ratings are always appreciated!
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iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Terminology Dictionary supports English
