Webster’s College Dictionary User Reviews

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BEST PROPER ENGLISH!

Hello I’m Joey in North East Massachusetts
This is the best version for definitions of English that has made me as intelligent as I can aspire to be now and in the future. Worth the money and knowledge . Also helps you pronounce and spell.
Yay!!

Best dictionary, so-so app

Love this dictionary. The app needs a little work. Main gripe is that, unless it is the root form of the word, when you tap on a word within a definition, the app won’t be able to find it. For example if you tap the word “magistrates” it won’t be able to find the word, but if you tap the word “magistrate” it WILL be able to find it.
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Needs some improvement

You should be able to search by derived terms, not just their roots. And the suggestions for words that are spelled slightly differently don’t work, so you may have to try searching for different spellings until you find the right one.

Useful tool

This is a very useful tool. I just wish it had every word I was trying to look up.

Okay but not as complete as printed versions.

alternate spellings are frequently not found with the search feature. E.g., “stye”

Helpful

I have just started college again. Am not familiar with some of the larger words it helps me to keep up with my class.

Learning everyday

Love this app and the word of the day feature. Once leaving school you can become stagnant with your vocabulary. This is an easy way to continuously expand your mind.

This App Needs a UX Team

The words are there, but this app in no other way lives up to the storied Webster’s New World name. It is clunky, and the menu items stack up on top of one another in the search view. There appear to be a few word games in this version, but I get an error message that says they’re unavailable in the split view (the only view I’ve seen them in) when I try to access them. The dictionary functions, but this app could be so much better.
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It’s great! Use it on both my Apple devices.

Stop with the five star rating requests

I’m giving this 5 stars so hopefully it will stop interrupting my use of the app with these contralto annoying requests for a 5 star rating. You can rely on the assumption that most or all 5 star ratings are here for the same reason. The dictionary is useful but nothing to rave about. Collins has deeper and more comprehensive meanings than this.
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