Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 8th edition

OALD8 is no doubt the best advanced learner's dictionary in every sense of the word. However, I don't understand why this app has not been designed like the stand-alone user-friendly CD-ROM edition. After using it for a few months, I find the following flaws which keep me wanting to uninstall the app: 1) It is time-consuming and tedious to search a new entry. On this I agree with one of the reviewers. Why not simply place the Search box in a convenient place and let it always stay there no matter which page the user browses? 2) Horizontal scrolling is not intuitive at all, especially when the definitions/examples are arranged in small columns that tire the eye easily. Vertical scrolling will make it easier to find the definitions, examples, etc. 3) OUP has very good dictionaries of thesaurus and collocations. Why not incorporate them into this app? Thesaurus and collocations are very essential to advanced learners! If these are fixed, the app will provide terrific user experience.

Please update new words on live tile, so that we can study new words everyday without opening the app.

A must-have App because it works even if you are offline, an excellent feature that other dictionaries in the store don't have. The only problem is that the "Search box" disappear in snap view after finding the meaning of a word and you have to go back to search a new word. Please do something to have "Search box" always. Make this one an universal app to be used in both windows tablets and windows phones.

I have known of this famous dictionary since my early school days. So I was really glad it is available in the windows store. This and Chambers are my primary reading/writing/reference tools. I love it and recommend it wholeheartedly. Thank you Oxford for a very affordable first class dictionary!

Very disappointed. Their website offers much more for FREE. Expected a REAL reference dictionary--not a compilation of 3000 common words.

App version is much better. Please update it to have searching for idioms and applying vertical scroll, not horizontal one.

pros: - content is supreme, unbeatable - includes pronunciation in both British and American accents cons: - endless "back" button maneuver before showing the search bar after quitting the dictionary display screen. wish the search bar is always present on the user interface - no dictionary content update feature - occasional crash

Excellent dictionary but was hoping for something closer to the famed OED. I have tried looking up words that this version does not recognize (not curse words but what is known as "10 dollar words") A bit pricy, but still worth it overall.