Age Rating
LDOCE Screenshots
About LDOCE
More features than any other dictionary app available!
And the most "connected" dictionary app on iOS -plays nice with more third-party dictionaries and apps than anyone else.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- For Advanced Learners ©
Longman's flagship learner’s dictionary is now available as an iOS application. Improve your fluency in English with the most up-to-date learner's dictionary at your fingertips.
Now with integrated Thesaurus and Collocations Dictionary.
Dictionary details:
● 230,000 words, phrases, and meanings - more than any other learner's dictionary
● 165,000 examples based on real, natural English from the Longman Corpus Network show how English is really used
● 10,000 encyclopedic entries -people and places.
● 5,000 verb conjugation tables.
● graphics and videos to explain meanings at a glance.
● Clear definitions written using only 2,000 common words.
● Most frequent 3,000 words in spoken & written English, highlighted to show which are the most important to know
● 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.
● 86,000 pronunciation files —all headwords in both UK & US accents.
PLUS
● another 86,000 recorded example sentences (via external links due to size)
Over 20GB of audio online!
Making this the largest resource of English available on ANY mobile platform!
________________________________________
Application Features:
● full contents of the print dictionary
- PLUS additional collocations, synonyms & word histories
● complete front matter and additional resources
● unique three-way cross-referencing search
● real-time progressing look-up
● wildcard pattern searches -with * ?
● online search backup for rare words and slang
● spelling suggestion dictionary included
● hyperlinking directly to meanings & appendices
● example sentence search
● search on idioms and phrasal verbs
● search on synonym and "sign-post" meanings
● Bookmarks with folders and editable notations
● Bookmark syncing across devices via iCloud
● automatic history listing
● Flashcards to test yourself
● Teacher's 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
● another extension to search from a second device or SplitView
● search from other applications via a public API
● iPad Pro multi-screen and Drag & Drop
● DarkMode & 3D Touch support
● OS-independent app localization
● Siri support
● Supports iOS 12 through to iOS 17
● iPhone, iPod, iPad and macOS support
● complete offline use
___________________
Social Media:
● supports Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo & Evernote posts.
● Full layout for definition emails and Evernote posts.
________________________________________
The ultimate learner's resource of the English language for use anywhere and anytime.
Copyright:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
© Pearson Education Limited 2009, 2011, 2015
And the most "connected" dictionary app on iOS -plays nice with more third-party dictionaries and apps than anyone else.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- For Advanced Learners ©
Longman's flagship learner’s dictionary is now available as an iOS application. Improve your fluency in English with the most up-to-date learner's dictionary at your fingertips.
Now with integrated Thesaurus and Collocations Dictionary.
Dictionary details:
● 230,000 words, phrases, and meanings - more than any other learner's dictionary
● 165,000 examples based on real, natural English from the Longman Corpus Network show how English is really used
● 10,000 encyclopedic entries -people and places.
● 5,000 verb conjugation tables.
● graphics and videos to explain meanings at a glance.
● Clear definitions written using only 2,000 common words.
● Most frequent 3,000 words in spoken & written English, highlighted to show which are the most important to know
● 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.
● 86,000 pronunciation files —all headwords in both UK & US accents.
PLUS
● another 86,000 recorded example sentences (via external links due to size)
Over 20GB of audio online!
Making this the largest resource of English available on ANY mobile platform!
________________________________________
Application Features:
● full contents of the print dictionary
- PLUS additional collocations, synonyms & word histories
● complete front matter and additional resources
● unique three-way cross-referencing search
● real-time progressing look-up
● wildcard pattern searches -with * ?
● online search backup for rare words and slang
● spelling suggestion dictionary included
● hyperlinking directly to meanings & appendices
● example sentence search
● search on idioms and phrasal verbs
● search on synonym and "sign-post" meanings
● Bookmarks with folders and editable notations
● Bookmark syncing across devices via iCloud
● automatic history listing
● Flashcards to test yourself
● Teacher's 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
● another extension to search from a second device or SplitView
● search from other applications via a public API
● iPad Pro multi-screen and Drag & Drop
● DarkMode & 3D Touch support
● OS-independent app localization
● Siri support
● Supports iOS 12 through to iOS 17
● iPhone, iPod, iPad and macOS support
● complete offline use
___________________
Social Media:
● supports Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo & Evernote posts.
● Full layout for definition emails and Evernote posts.
________________________________________
The ultimate learner's resource of the English language for use anywhere and anytime.
Copyright:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
© Pearson Education Limited 2009, 2011, 2015
Show More
What's New in the Latest Version 15.3
Last updated on Mar 18, 2024
Old Versions
Updates to Flashcards and Study Memo.
Changes to "Save Search Word" off behaviour.
Adds launch via Siri.
Changes to "Save Search Word" off behaviour.
Adds launch via Siri.
Show More
Version History
15.3
Mar 18, 2024
Updates to Flashcards and Study Memo.
Changes to "Save Search Word" off behaviour.
Adds launch via Siri.
Changes to "Save Search Word" off behaviour.
Adds launch via Siri.
15.1
Feb 18, 2024
Critical fix for iOS17.3
14.6
Jul 20, 2023
Fix for Bookmark folders
14.5.2
Jul 1, 2023
Version 14.5 adds a Lightning Cards feature that lets you study just a few words in any spare minutes.
(fix for example sentence sounds download)
(fix for example sentence sounds download)
14.5
Jun 26, 2023
Adds a Lightning Cards feature that lets you study just a few words in any spare minutes
14.1
Mar 13, 2023
Adds new third-party dictionary links.
Adds a "Open to Search" setting to iPads.
Changes the way it works on iPhones.
Complete update to localizations.
Fixes for Bookmarks.
Adds a "Open to Search" setting to iPads.
Changes the way it works on iPhones.
Complete update to localizations.
Fixes for Bookmarks.
14.0
Feb 21, 2023
Major update to Bookmarks and History.
• iCloud Sync now works no matter how many bookmarks you have.
• Backups are made locally for all bookmark changes.
• Automatic weekly bookmark backup setting has been added.
• You can also use your bookmarks in the "Today" widget or "Word of the Day".
• You can now bulk save your search History to Bookmarks.
• iCloud Sync now works no matter how many bookmarks you have.
• Backups are made locally for all bookmark changes.
• Automatic weekly bookmark backup setting has been added.
• You can also use your bookmarks in the "Today" widget or "Word of the Day".
• You can now bulk save your search History to Bookmarks.
13.3.2
Jan 17, 2023
Fix for the "Today" widget
13.3.1
Dec 23, 2022
Fix for printing in iOS16
13.3
Oct 10, 2022
Fixes for iOS 16
13.2.4
Jul 7, 2022
Fixes for some links
13.2
Feb 23, 2022
Upgraded pronunciation sound quality from 8KHz to 44KHz
Upgraded our server hardware. Doubled the number of servers and added Amazon S3 failover.
Example sounds now download faster and are higher quality over 3G connections.
Upgraded our server hardware. Doubled the number of servers and added Amazon S3 failover.
Example sounds now download faster and are higher quality over 3G connections.
13.0.1
Jan 25, 2022
Better iCloud syncing.
Adds a selectable interface for Bookmark restores.
Adds a setting for third-party keyboards.
Adds a selectable interface for Bookmark restores.
Adds a setting for third-party keyboards.
13.0
Dec 22, 2021
UI & graphics updated.
Bookmarks are now automatically restored after the app is deleted and reinstalled. (Turn on iCloud Sync setting for this)
Manual Bookmark iCloud restore is now smarter.
Bookmarks are now automatically restored after the app is deleted and reinstalled. (Turn on iCloud Sync setting for this)
Manual Bookmark iCloud restore is now smarter.
12.1.5
Dec 10, 2021
Fix for licensing
12.1.3
Dec 2, 2021
Interface improvements.
12.1.1
Nov 24, 2021
Fixes TabBar layout for some iPhones
12.1
Nov 16, 2021
Adds a "Link Menu" customizing setting.
12.0.1
Nov 10, 2021
Fix for older versions of iOS.
12.0
Nov 6, 2021
Adds a list of all our Verb Tables.
Support for iOS 15.
Note: there is now a MacOS version of LDOCE that users can download for free.
Support for iOS 15.
Note: there is now a MacOS version of LDOCE that users can download for free.
11.3
Jun 9, 2021
Fixes for IAP and settings.
11.2.2
May 27, 2021
Fixes for sound playback
11.2
May 19, 2021
Sounds no longer stops music playing in the background.
Fixes for pre-iOS 13 devices.
Fixes for pre-iOS 13 devices.
11.1
May 10, 2021
DarkMode fix and other UI improvements
11.0
Apr 27, 2021
Major update to Flashcards - autoplay and sound options.
Display fixes for iPhone rotation.
Changes to downloading
Display fixes for iPhone rotation.
Changes to downloading
LDOCE Price
Today:
$24.99
Lowest:
$24.99
Highest:
$28.99
LDOCE FAQ
Click here to learn how to download LDOCE in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of LDOCE.
iPhone
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
Mac
Requires macOS 10.15 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
LDOCE supports English, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Nigerian Pidgin, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
LDOCE contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Example Sounds download activation
$0.00
Longman Activator Thesaurus
$7.99
Example sentence search activation
$0.00