Overview

Introducing the New Collins Speaking English Dictionary & Thesaurus Comprehensive English Reference Suite. Press the speaker button and hear the headword pronounced. Press fn and speaker and hear the definition read. This product allows for easy search and retrieval, conveniently look up a word in the dictionary and cross reference in the Thesaurus. Search the 40 mini dictionaries for information on anything from Astronomy & Space to Transport

• Collins Desktop Plus English Speaking Dictionary with Spellchecker
• Instant access to over 500,000 words and definitions
• Phonetic spell correction for 180,000 words
• Search over 40 subjects including: Astronomy & Space, Biographies, Economics, Electronics, General sports, History, Literature, Medicine and Physics, Transport
• Collins Concise Thesaurus -Find over 250,000 synonyms and antonyms
• Quotations from the Collins Thesaurus A-Z Complete and Unabridged
• Specially selected to add sparkle, interest and humour and give users instant access to the wit and wisdom of centuries. Over 3,500 quotations.
• Collins Cobuild Idioms Dictionary ? Over 6,000 references. Up to date coverage of idioms from British and American English. E.g. A white elephant; pear shaped.
• Collins Gem Bradfords Crossword Solver Dictionary
• Look up over 120,000 crossword solutions.
• Confusables®
• Identifies and defines commonly confused words, such as there, their and they?re.
• Solvers
• Crossword solver: Solve crossword puzzles by filling in missing letters in words
• Anagram solver: Turn a series of letters into a word
• Word builder: Build a word list with as many words as possible.
• User List - Create your own list of words to study.
• Learning Tools
• Test your spelling, improve your vocabulary, take grammar quizzes, read a variety of additional material for information about different language and writing tools, tips, techniques and suggestions.
• Additional references include:
• Good Writing Guide from Collins Express Dictionary and Thesaurus
• Write on Target from Collins Concise Dictionary
• Rhetorically Speaking from Collins Compact Thesaurus
• Word Power from Collins Concise Dictionary and Thesaurus
• World in Action from Collins Paperback Dictionary
•  Language in Action from Collins Essential Dictionary and Thesaurus
• 13 Word Games from Collins Solutions Dictionary
• Other Features
• Calculator, Metric and currency converter
• Databank to store names and phone numbers    
• Local/world clock with 45 cities
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