The Macquarie Lite Australian Dictionary app is fast, easy to use and provides users with an introductory reference for Australian English. The app answers the needs of users on matters of spelling and usage in Australian English for more common words and phrases.

Based on the Macquarie Little Dictionary 2010 and equivalent to a 600 page book retailing at A$11, the app includes:

• Over 30,000 definitions
• Over 19,000 words and phrases
• Over 1800 usage notes
• Pronunciations for single word entries
• Easy to understand definitions
• Examples to clarify usage

Search features include:

Simple and fast search
Fuzzy search for similar sounding words
Suggests search terms as you type
Access anytime without an internet connection
Cross-reference links
Browser-like definition content navigation

The Macquarie Lite Australian Dictionary app features new words and up-to-date definitions such as clean fuel, flashpacker, lifestreaming, textaholic, tidal power and toxic debt, plus usage notes to help with common language problems such as confused words (affect and effect), collective nouns taking singular or plural (media, team, group), words that are restricted in context (pathos is more usually sadness, grocer is somewhat dated), and abbreviations (postscript is abbreviated to PS).

This app is from the publishers of the popular, authoritative Macquarie Dictionary — Australia's national dictionary. The Macquarie Dictionary continues to change, adapt and re-adjust to reflect the Australian language. It includes words that are part of today’s international vocabulary as well as words that are labelled as uniquely Australian such as billabong and bushwalking.

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