English Dictionary - Offline - Instant offline definitions

English Dictionary – Offline offers explanations for English words free of charge! The definitions are sourced from English Wiktionary. It features fast search capabilities, an intuitive interface that is easy to use and optimized for tablets. Moreover, it functions without requiring any additional downloads.

Key Features:

- Over 445,000 English definitions and a vast array of inflected forms

- Ability to browse through words by swiping left or right

- Bookmark management, note-taking, and search history tracking

- Crossword assistance: utilize symbols like ? representing unknown letters and * denoting groups of letters

- Random search function for discovering new words

- Option to share word definitions via various apps such as Gmail or WhatsApp

- Compatibility with Moon+ Reader, FBReader, and other apps through the share feature

- Backup and restore settings, personal notes, and bookmarks on local storage, Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box clouds

- Camera search functionality via OCR Plugin only on devices with a back camera

Fuzzy search:

- Enter *prefix to find words starting with a specific sequence (e.g., moon* for words starting with 'moon')

- Enter suffix* to find words ending with a particular sequence (e.g., *moon for words ending with 'moon')

- Enter *word* to find words containing a specific sequence (e.g., *moon* for words containing 'moon')

The initial page of the dictionary shows the icons related to common features:

- Search

- Word of the day

- History

- Bookmarks

- Random word

You can customize the offline dictionary according to your need by settings several parameters. The settings panel provides the following items:

- Theme (change background, text color)

- Font size (scale the dimension of text)

- Orientation (automatic, portrait and landscape)

- Only uppercase and line spacing options, useful to improve readibility in case of vision problems

- Customize view (hide/unhide specific sections)

- Floating Action Button (enable/disable the FAB with a specific action)

- Shake Action (enable/disable shake gesture for a specific action)

- Text to Speech (enable/disable TTS, select american or british english, automatic read aloud, speech rate)

- Back key action (goto home or return to previous screen)

Start up (home page, most recent, random)

History (disable or select how many items should be kept in recent list)

The following actions can be configued in Floating Action Button and Shake Action settings: Search, Voice Search, Camera, History, Favorites, Notes, Random, Share and Edit Note.

Customizable Settings:

- Black and white themes with adjustable text colors

- Optional Floating Action Button supporting multiple actions

- Persistent search option

- Text-to-speech options with British or American accents

- Customizable font size, line spacing, and screen orientation

- Various startup options including home page, recent word, random word, or word of the day

Additional Information:

- Instructions provided for addressing voice output issues

- Details on setting British word pronunciation

- FAQ section available for queries

- Guidelines on securing bookmarks and notes

- Information on permissions utilized by the app

- Suggestion to explore other Livio offline dictionaries on Google Play for a more extensive experience

Developer's Note:

- Offers Dictionary API for third-party developers to integrate into their applications

Permissions:

- INTERNET: To fetch definitions for unidentified words

- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: For backing up configurations and bookmarks

Note: To conserve memory space, consider using the online dictionary if your device has limited storage capacity.