This is a Palm OS reissue of the ninth edition of the world's longest-established pocket English dictionary by Oxford University Press. It is one of the new generation Oxford dictionaries derived from the database of the highly acclaimed New Oxford Dictionary of English and is particularly user friendly with its elegant open design, with different elements starting on new lines. It offers excellent coverage of English as an international language and thousands of examples illustrate idiomatic usage. All irregular noun, verb, and adjectival inflections are spelled out in full, while guidance on grammar and good usage is provided by in-text notes. Additional features include Wordbuilder boxes giving information on related.

The key features of Pocket Oxford English Dictionary

* Up-to-date and accessible information on the core vocabulary of current English

* Clear layout with each new section (phrases, derivatives, usage notes, etymologies, wordbuilder) on new line

* Usage notes included, giving clear guidance on points of grammar and usage

* In-text lists and tables focusing on core study subjects

* Pronunciation feature for any word that might cause difficulty

* Greater clarity into etymologies

* Transcriptions facilitating pronunciation

* Support for MMC, memory stick, and SD memory cards

* Stylish user interface with several split screen view modes

Over 140,000 word in just 2.5 MB on your Palm Device

Pocket Oxford English Dictionary is utilized by the MSDict Viewer dictionary reader. MSDict offers best experience in mobile reference and is available for any handheld platform - quick-access layout, convenience of use and reliance.

* Hyperlinks between different related articles

* Text font remapping (dynamic changing of font sizes)

* Opportunity to add custom notes to any article in the dictionary so you can save your ideas and examples of usage

* Built-in keyboard

* Single-tap search, starting on first letter

* Wildcard filtration feature(the use of "*" replaces arbitrary number of symbols within words)

* Opportunity to add custom notes to any article in the dictionary

* Specially enhanced for hi-resolution devices and hi-resolution landscape view mode

* Button allowing quick erase of the query field

* Dynamic word history list for each session

MSDict 7 Released with New Learning Features

MSDict Viewer 7 comes with an additional learning application MSDict Wordbook specially designed to facilitate the language learning process.

* Create your own word lists

* Easily memorize selected words

* Check your progress in learning the words is selected lists

Updated Description:

v8.00:

- Optimized to support the new Concise Oxford American Thesaurus and Concise Oxford American Dictionary

v7.70:

- Optimized to support the new Cambridge Dictionary of American English

v7.40:

- Optimized to support the new Oxford Bible dictionary

v7.30:

- Optimized to support the new PONS bilingual dictionaries

v7.10:

- Bug fixes

v7.00:

- MSDict Wordbook learning application added to the viewer; support of three more Oxford bilingual dictionaries