Collins English Dictionary

What the Collins English Dictionary app covers

Collins English Dictionary is an English dictionary app from Collins, offered free through MobiSystems. The free version holds 123,000 words and 200,000 definitions. The developer says these draw on the Collins Word Web, a database of 2.5 billion words of current English that it describes as constantly updated.

It suits people who look up English words often, such as students, writers and readers who want more than one meaning for a term.

Looking up meanings, examples and usage

Each entry gives definitions, example sentences, idioms and usage notes. Regional and dialect English is covered alongside standard usage, so a word used in one region can be checked against its local sense. The usage notes explain how to pick the right word for a given context.

Thousands of etymologies trace the roots of modern English words, which helps when you want to know where a term came from as well as what it means.

Translating words in other apps

Tap to Translate works on words in any other Android app. A term you meet while reading elsewhere can be translated without leaving that app.

Four themes are available for changing how the dictionary looks.

Upgrading to the Complete Unabridged edition

The free app can be upgraded through an in-app purchase to Collins English Dictionary Complete Unabridged. The developer describes it as the largest single-volume English dictionary from Collins, with over 722,000 words and phrases, audio pronunciations, offline use and no ads.