**Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 8th Edition**

*The Collins English Dictionary is a rich source of words for everyone who loves language. Not only is the dictionary comprehensive and authoritative with its 123,000 headwords and 200,000 definitions, but it also offers outstanding coverage of world, regional and dialect English. Including a much wider range of words than ever before, the extensive coverage of geographical, scientific, and technical entries has been updated by the Collins team of leading academic experts.*

**The Foremost Authority on the Language of Today**

*Fully-revised language notes give advice on using the right word in the right place, and thousands of word histories trace the roots of modern English. All this has been complemented with a refreshingly clutter-free design, which is easy to use and easy on the eye, taking you straight to the information you need with the minimum of fuss.*

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The Collins English Dictionary is here presented in MSDict electronic format for mobile phones and PDA. MSDict enhances the usability of dictionaries and provides better accessibility to dictionary content than ever.

*** Quick dynamic search of words while you type
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*** Stylish user interface with several split screen modes
*** Hyperlinks between different related words
*** Dynamic changing of font sizes
*** Learning features
*** Wildcard filtration feature (the use of "?" replaces a letter and "*" replaces a group of letters within words)
*** Support of multiple dictionaries installed at a time
*** Support for MMC, memory stick, and SD memory cards