How-to: Use Kindle for iOS Application as a Free Dictionary

Opposite to major competitors, iBooks and Stanza, Kindle app’s dictionary functionality works in a much smarter way – it’s using The New Oxford American Dictionary (with 250,000 entries and definitions) added to your account.

Adding a content of application’s dictionary as a separate book is a brilliant idea.

Why? Because it makes a great standalone dictionary application out of Amazon’s app. If you’re looking for a word, just open Kindle, then The New Oxford American Dictionary and tap the magnifying glass icon. You’re searching through the content of a book, which IS a dictionary.

This gives a benefit, no other dictionary app has (as well as iBooks and Stanza). Kindle can explain words in a dictionary entry itself. Dictionary-as-a-function adds a second layer to dictionary-as-a-book. This is especially helpful for non-English users.

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