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1 DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS DICTIONARY.COM EDIT 5027, Neetu Mayeux, Fall 2011

2 Dictionary.com delivers trusted reference content from  Dictionary.com  Thesaurus.com NO internet connection is needed to search words. EDIT 5027, Neetu Mayeux, Fall 2011

3 VOTED BEST APP voted Dictionary.com best app for college students Recognized as a top 10 Back-to-School app by EDIT 5027, Neetu Mayeux, Fall 2011

4 FEATURES  Dictionary and Thesaurus  Nearly 2 million words, definitions, synonyms and antonyms  Real-time popular, trending, and nearby word searches  Voice-to-text search (for the most accurate results, please enunciate clearly and speak slowly)  Favorite words list  Recent search history  Custom backgrounds  No Internet connection required for Dictionary and Thesaurus EDIT 5027, Neetu Mayeux, Fall 2011

5 SPELLING SUGGESTIONS  No Internet connection required for Dictionary and Thesaurus  Spelling suggestions are given when searching for a word, so students can search for the word with ease.  Students can choose from dictionary or thesaurus EDIT 5027, Neetu Mayeux, Fall 2011

6 PHONETIC AND AUDIO PRONUNCIATION  Phonetic and audio pronunciation options  Word origin and history are available  Example sentences are given  This app gives the student the proper tools to fully understand the meaning of a word and its usage. EDIT 5027, Neetu Mayeux, Fall 2011

7 SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS  More than 90,000 synonyms and antonyms in our Thesaurus  This is very helpful when doing assignments for school, students will no longer be redundant in the usage words. EDIT 5027, Neetu Mayeux, Fall 2011

8 VOICE RECOGNITION  Voice to text search – for most accurate results the apps asks the user to please enunciate clearly and speak slowly  Students will now be able to say a word they just heard and get a spelling, and definition for it. This eliminates the question of “What does that word mean?” EDIT 5027, Neetu Mayeux, Fall 2011

9 WORD OF THE DAY  Daily content, including Word of the Day and the new Hot Word blog.  Internet connection is required for daily content, word trends, voice-to-text search, audio pronunciation and spelling suggestions.  Students intrigued with expanding vocabulary can do so by using this feature on the app. EDIT 5027, Neetu Mayeux, Fall 2011

10 BENEFITS  Students will be able to use this app to help write papers, do assignments and homework.  Students can also hear the pronunciation and see the phonetic spelling of the word.  Words are used in sentences to help students identify how to use words.  If student is intrigued by words and wanting to expand vocabulary, then the word of the day feature on this app will help them do just that.  Students can also say a word and get the correct spelling of it plus its definition. EDIT 5027, Neetu Mayeux, Fall 2011


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