*NOTE: there is a newer version of American Heritage® Dictionary available on the AppStore. Tap on the "Enfour, Inc." link for AHD5.
The entire 2,074 page, 7.5 pound dictionary with its nearly 300,000 terms –plus 64 thousand recorded sound files & "Roget's II: The New Thesaurus".
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• The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
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"In the battle of the Big Three dictionaries, American Heritage® stands out on iPhone" (4 mice)
— MacWorld
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Includes all the functionality of these two titles in one application.
This iPhone/iPod touch version has the entire 2,074 page, 7.5 pound dictionary with its nearly 300,000 terms more than 33,000 written examples –plus 64 thousand professionally recorded sound files. Not to mention the complete front matter and appendices, zoomable graphics -all available instantly at your fingertips.
This makes for the largest English dictionary & thesaurus set on ANY mobile platform.
Main Features:
• entire text of these best selling tomes
• complete front matter and appendices
• unique three-way cross-referencing search
• real-time progressive look-up
• wildcard pattern searches (with * ?)
• fallback online search for esoteric or archaic words and the latest slang
• spelling suggestion dictionary included
• hyperlinking to appendices and between books
• pop-up pronunciation symbols chart
• IPA symbol conversion
• etymology (word history) with root links
• professionally recorded sound files
• zoomable graphics
• support for search from other applications
• Bookmarks with folders & editable notations
• automatic search History
• "Share" module to search within other apps
- with a history feature, so you can study later
• "Word-of-the-Day" feature with multiple words sets
• 3D Touch support
• DarkMode support
• iPad Pro multi-screen and Drag & Drop
• iPad "Fast App Switching" (Multitasking)
• iPhone 12 & iOS15 support
• iPhone, iPod, iPad and MacOS support
• OS-independent app localization
• complete offline use — no Internet connection
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"As apps go, only Enfour’s American Heritage® Dictionary stands out for its graphic appeal and functionality. Although I was pleased to have so much lexical firepower in such a compact form, I was annoyed at how poorly the other dictionaries present on the platform." (4 mice)
— MacWorld
Editor's Choice.
ranking = "Great"
— MacLife
Reviews of the print version:
"The Best Dictionary...Designed to appeal to the eye as well as the mind, it is notable for its imaginative illustrations....This is a great family dictionary, and ideal for schoolrooms."
— The Courier Journal
"This dictionary, now in its fourth edition, makes it fun to look up definitions of words....This up-to-date and eminently useful dictionary features a fabulous full-color design that quickly and effectively guides users to the information they seek."
— Library Journal
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"The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition" and "Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition" are published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
http://www.hmco.com
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הורידו עכשיו את American Heritage® Deluxe, אפליקציה לימוד שפותחה במיוחד עבור אייפון ואייפד ע"י Enfour, Inc.. נשמח לשמוע מכם תגובות, שתפו אותנו בחווית השימוש, שאלות או טיפים שימושיים על American Heritage® Deluxe.
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2011-12-08word origin information is extensive.you can fall down the rabbit hole
2011-11-29Apple would do well to adopt some of the great innovations in the well designed user interface of this superior dictionary program. One such innovation is a set of "add on" keys at the top of the standard Apple keyboard, including one to "clear the input line".I have been using a
2011-05-31It is the best dictionary bundle money can buy for iPad. Make sure you get this Deluxe version for quick switching between dictionary and thesaurus. Audio pronunciation guide is a big plus.
2011-05-31Once the sound icon is tapped one should be able to tap anywhere below the sound bar and return to the definition and find the BACK button still enabled. Currently the only two ways to return to the definition after hearing it pronounced is to tap the word again in the left pane
2011-05-31Years ago I bought the American heritage dictionary application on CD. Loved it and used it for many years on both Macs and PCs. One of its best features was the ability to search definitions for word combinations. For example, one could search for "Spanish" and "dance" and it wo
2011-05-28Thank you, Developers of AHD!There are fews thing that I think will make it even better:1. More stable, it crash sometimes2. It becomes very slow when after doing many time of fast switching with auto search from clipboard ONSomething is wrong with the memory management. It bring
2021-05-30 (U.S. App Store)Not only an excellent resource but the developers have kept this app up to date through every IOS version since it was introduced.