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Pan Macmillan Australia
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Feb 7, 2023
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About Macquarie Dictionary
The Macquarie Complete Australian Dictionary app provides users with the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date reference of Australian English. The app answers the needs of users on matters of spelling, pronunciation and usage for the complete record of English as it is used in Australia, from the colourfully colloquial to the highly technical.
FEATURES:
• Over 210,000 definitions
• Over 121,000 headwords and phrases
• Over 13,000 encyclopedic entries
• 22,000 word origins or etymologies
• IPA and plain English pronunciations given for 114,500+ words
• Over 25,000 audio pronunciations* voiced by real Aussies
• Example phrases to show how a word is used
• Regionalisms
• Extensive usage notes
SEARCH FEATURES:
• Simple and fast search
• Fuzzy and wildcard search options
• Voice search
• Browse through entries
• Bookmark entries
• Recent search list
• Cross-reference links
OTHER FEATURES
• Options to share entries [OR] words and definitions
• Access any time without an internet connection
• Compatible with VoiceOver (iOS)
*Initial access to audio pronunciations and images requires internet connection. Once you have accessed an image or pronunciation it will be saved locally for future use.
This app is from the publishers of the popular, authoritative Macquarie Dictionary - Australia's national dictionary. The Macquarie Dictionary continues to change, adapt and re-adjust to reflect Australian language.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions, comments or feedback, please contact us directly at macquarie@macmillan.com.au
Macquarie, by definition Australian
Copyright © Macquarie Dictionary Publishers 2019
FEATURES:
• Over 210,000 definitions
• Over 121,000 headwords and phrases
• Over 13,000 encyclopedic entries
• 22,000 word origins or etymologies
• IPA and plain English pronunciations given for 114,500+ words
• Over 25,000 audio pronunciations* voiced by real Aussies
• Example phrases to show how a word is used
• Regionalisms
• Extensive usage notes
SEARCH FEATURES:
• Simple and fast search
• Fuzzy and wildcard search options
• Voice search
• Browse through entries
• Bookmark entries
• Recent search list
• Cross-reference links
OTHER FEATURES
• Options to share entries [OR] words and definitions
• Access any time without an internet connection
• Compatible with VoiceOver (iOS)
*Initial access to audio pronunciations and images requires internet connection. Once you have accessed an image or pronunciation it will be saved locally for future use.
This app is from the publishers of the popular, authoritative Macquarie Dictionary - Australia's national dictionary. The Macquarie Dictionary continues to change, adapt and re-adjust to reflect Australian language.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions, comments or feedback, please contact us directly at macquarie@macmillan.com.au
Macquarie, by definition Australian
Copyright © Macquarie Dictionary Publishers 2019
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.0.14
Last updated on Feb 7, 2023
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Version History
2.0.14
Feb 7, 2023
Updated Dictionary content
2.0.13
Oct 7, 2021
Fixes for iOS 15.
2.0.12
Mar 1, 2021
Bug fixes.
2.0.11
Dec 16, 2019
Updated UI for iOS 13
2.0.10
Dec 10, 2019
- The latest 2019 word database
- Updated UI
- Updated UI
2.0.9
Oct 17, 2016
- Bug fixes
- Database updates
- User interface updates
- Database updates
- User interface updates
2.0.8
Dec 1, 2015
- Bug fixes
- Performance improvements
- User interface updates
- Performance improvements
- User interface updates
2.0.7
Nov 18, 2015
- Bug fixes
- Performance improvements
- User interface updates
- Performance improvements
- User interface updates
2.0.6
Aug 13, 2014
Based on the Macquarie Dictionary Sixth Edition, the app features thousands of new words, phrases and definitions such as apera, blade runner, dramality, frape, yarn bombing, urban homesteading, virtual choir, mummy blog and many more.
It also includes:
· entries relating to business, science and technology - guanxi, rogue robot, silo mentality, growth hacking, crowdfunding and citizen science
· entries relating to the environment and climate change - blue revolution, envirocrime, flood pulse, green tape, novel ecosystem and rock fillet
· entries that date back to the Australian military experience of WWI - Anzac soup, cacolet and iodine king
· up-to-date encyclopedic entries - Adam Goodes, Pope Francis and Sebastian Vettel
· words and definitions from Aboriginal English
· words and phrases from regional Australia as chonks for 'lollies' from Victoria, gent for a 'maggot' from South Australia, and rum'un for an 'eccentric' from Tasmania
· words and phrases from other varieties of English which impinge on Australian English, as British English and American English, and English in South-East Asia, India, and China
· extensive usage notes
· etymologies of words and phrases
It also includes:
· entries relating to business, science and technology - guanxi, rogue robot, silo mentality, growth hacking, crowdfunding and citizen science
· entries relating to the environment and climate change - blue revolution, envirocrime, flood pulse, green tape, novel ecosystem and rock fillet
· entries that date back to the Australian military experience of WWI - Anzac soup, cacolet and iodine king
· up-to-date encyclopedic entries - Adam Goodes, Pope Francis and Sebastian Vettel
· words and definitions from Aboriginal English
· words and phrases from regional Australia as chonks for 'lollies' from Victoria, gent for a 'maggot' from South Australia, and rum'un for an 'eccentric' from Tasmania
· words and phrases from other varieties of English which impinge on Australian English, as British English and American English, and English in South-East Asia, India, and China
· extensive usage notes
· etymologies of words and phrases
2.0.5
May 7, 2014
- Bug fix with WOTD
2.0.4
Dec 24, 2013
- Various bug fixes
2.0.3
Dec 9, 2013
- Performance enhancements
- Various bug fixes
- Various bug fixes
2.0.2
Oct 24, 2013
- Greatly improved app initialization/start up
- Bug fixes
- Bug fixes
2.0.1
Sep 19, 2013
Updated database
2.0
Sep 10, 2013
Completely revised and updated.
1.12
Nov 29, 2012
* Fixed issue with display rotation
1.11
Oct 14, 2012
Added wildcard search:
- A question mark, ?, matches zero or more characters.
For example, searching for bush? will find bush, bushel, bush lemon, etc.
- A question mark followed by a number, ?n, matches zero to n characters.
For example, searching for col?2r will find collar and colour.
- A hash, #, matches exactly one character.
For example, searching for wom#n will find woman and women. Searching for hon### will find all 6-letter words beginning with 'hon'.
- A question mark, ?, matches zero or more characters.
For example, searching for bush? will find bush, bushel, bush lemon, etc.
- A question mark followed by a number, ?n, matches zero to n characters.
For example, searching for col?2r will find collar and colour.
- A hash, #, matches exactly one character.
For example, searching for wom#n will find woman and women. Searching for hon### will find all 6-letter words beginning with 'hon'.
1.10
Apr 17, 2012
- made fixes to Help content
1.9
Apr 1, 2012
- Fixed definition capitalisation issue.
1.8
Mar 7, 2012
Added iPod Touch compatibility fix.
1.7
Feb 15, 2012
Added iPad-specific layout and functionality
1.6
Nov 29, 2011
Updated dictionary database
1.5
Oct 26, 2011
Updated About page to Complete version.
1.4
Oct 18, 2011
Fixed bug which prevented the app from functioning in iOS5
Added icon for retina displays
Added icon for retina displays
1.3
Sep 30, 2011
Added a detailed Help section for users including Explanatory Notes, a Pronunciation Key, a Punctuation Guide and information About the Dictionary
Fixed bug which resulted in significant portions of the dictionary to be cut out
Fixed bug in search that caused search terms to be case sensitive
Fixed typo in "nabarlek"
Fixed bug which resulted in significant portions of the dictionary to be cut out
Fixed bug in search that caused search terms to be case sensitive
Fixed typo in "nabarlek"
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