American Heritage Dictionary 5 9+
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The Fifth Edition of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language is one of the most comprehensive and accessible resources available on any mobile device.
This latest edition has been much anticipated:
10 years
20 Lexicographers
200 Usage Experts
10,000 New Words and Senses
1 Defining Achievement
Keep the hardcopy at home and take the app out with you wherever you need it.
Main Features:
● the entire text of this landmark new edition
● complete front matter and appendices
● real-time progressive searching
● three-way cross-referencing indexes
● wildcard pattern searches (with * ?)
● online search support for rare words and slang
● spelling suggestions
● internal hyperlinking
● zoomable graphics
● full pronunciation symbols chart
● IPA pronunciation symbol conversion
● detailed etymologies with links to root appendices
● professionally recorded sound files
● automatic search history
● bookmarks with editable notations
● AI boosted anagram generator
● make-your-own flashcards
● two-way external application interaction
● search via a "Services" menu item from any application
● "Word-a-day" feature with TOEIC® & TOEFL® lists
● DarkMode support
● iPhone, iPod, iPad and macOS support
In keeping with the American Heritage® tradition of cutting-edge research, the Fifth Edition represents the work of a dedicated team of experts, scholars, and contributors. Thousands of definitions have been revised in rapidly changing fields such as astronomy and biology, geographical entries and maps have been completely updated, and the dictionary’s signature feature notes on word history, synonymy, and language variation have been enhanced and improved.
Word meanings are made easier to understand with thousands of new quotations from classic and contemporary writers. Etymologies explaining word origins and development have been newly created or revised to reflect the very latest scholarship. Many words are traced back to their roots in prehistory through two unique appendices showing word roots in ancient Indo-European and Semitic.
Reliable, enlightening, and visually stunning, the Fifth Edition of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language gives you the opportunity to make your mark in the best possible way.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
http://www.hmhco.com
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What’s New
Version 15.0.1
Fixes for menus
Ratings and Reviews
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I was on the 17 beta, but dropped back to the regular iOS17 to see if maybe it was 17 beta breaking it. AHeD was still broken. Maybe my resetting my iOS to non-beta didn’t really take. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyway, I got a reply from the developer today (blaming my problems for being on the beta iOS)… 🙄 But I discovered that they actually fixed it for both iOS17 and iOS17beta!! Yay!! 👍 Good job, Enfour! Thanks! ———————————————————— Old review: As usual, Apple made 10,000 changes to iOS, undoubtedly for more twattokbook crap, that broke everything else; and the developer of the best dictionary software ever made can’t be bothered to download the developer preview iOS, and recompile its software so that it Just Works. The program still runs, it lets you type in a word, but then the screen goes blank. No definitions. Also, all my bookmarks are invisible too. At least they’re not *gone*! But come on enfour! Recompile this program, so it works properly under iOS 17!!😩
Developer Response ,
There is a bug in 17.2 beta.
We have reported it to Apple and also released a work-around (although it took ages to find the problem) in version 15. Please download it.
That is what happens when you use beta software.
This is the gold standard
I thoroughly enjoy and use this dictionary almost daily. I prefer off-line dictionaries for the specific reason that they are off-line. It’s available to me all the time.
This dictionary is the best one that is available and provides me with all the details that I want. When I look up the word, I don’t want to just know the meaning I want to know a bit about it. This dictionary goes above and beyond.
The company is strongly supporting it, which makes me very happy. Recently, there was a problem that turned out to be a bug in the operating system. The company and Apple fix it very quickly and so now I have my Dictionary back. As I want to be writer, this is one of the best tools I have.
Developer Response ,
There is a bug in 17.2 beta.
We have reported it to Apple and also released a work-around (although it took ages to find the problem) in version 15. Please download it.
That is what happens when you use beta software.
No help from developer
New Apple update rendered this app inoperable. As requested, I sent full purchase details & history, so they could "get me up & running" again. Then they just stopped responding. Don't waste your money on an app that will stop working, from a developer who just doesn't care enough to support it.
Update, August 2021
So now several months later, the developer responds that the app works fine, that support always answers emails, that I must have purchased a different version (??), and that maybe I didn't use the right email address. In other words, somehow it's my fault that, after working fine for years, the Apple iOS update was incompatible with the app. All my info was sent, twice, but somehow it's not enough, or not the right info, or sent to the wrong place. I have deleted the app & purchased the version from MobiSystems, which works just fine. Life is too short to waste time on a company that just doesn't care very much.
Developer Response ,
This app works fine with the latest version of iOS. You probably bought a different version of American Heritage. Support will always answers emails. Are you sending to the address on the purchase dialog?
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Information
- Seller
- Enfour, Inc.
- Size
- 377.3 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.15 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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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
- Age Rating
- 9+ Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
- Copyright
- © Enfour, Inc. 2011-2023
- Price
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- In-App Purchases
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- AHD5 -activation $13.99
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- Roget's II: The New Thesaurus $4.99
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