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This Concise Oxford Thesaurus is ideal for helping you pinpoint exactly the right word, whether you are writing a letter, preparing a report, composing an essay, writing creatively, or solving a crossword. Over 300,000 alternative words cover everyday vocabulary as well as more unusual and specialist words, and there is clear labeling of informal, dialect, literary, and technical items. Other useful features include thousands of example phrases helping you to select the correct word, and opposites and related terms clearly marked.

Increase Your Word Power

*A comprehensive thesaurus with over 300,000 synonyms and antonyms, ideal for use in word games and puzzles, to improve your writing or to find the word on the tip of your tongue
*Easy A-Z format
*Usage notes, offering help with tricky and controversial questions
*Ideal for word games
*Most useful alternative words given first, with word closest in meaning to entry word given in bold
*Thousands of example sentences help you select the right sense
*500+ related word notes E.g. look up 'horse' and find the adjective 'equine', look up 'light' and find 'optics'
The dictionary is powered by the MSDict technology especially enhanced for iPhone, iPad and iPod with the following key benefits:

* Fast article scrolling
* Quick search of words while you type
* Bookmarks - you can use the Bookmarks feature as a learning tool and create your own topics and wordlists
* Filters added to help you locate the word you are searching for:
* Fuzzy 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
* Hyperlinks between words and articles
* No connection to the Internet required - you can use the dictionary on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch without connecting to the Internet and with no additional charges
* Ability to change the font size in the word definitions