Dictionary (software)

Dictionary
Developer(s)Apple Inc.
Stable release
2.3.0 / August 18, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-08-18)[1]
Operating systemmacOS
TypeDictionary
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.apple.com Edit this on Wikidata

Dictionary is an application developed by Apple Inc. as a part of macOS. The application provides definitions and synonyms from various dictionaries, Wikipedia articles and a glossary of Apple-related terms.

Dictionary was introduced in OS X 10.4 with the New Oxford American Dictionary and Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus (as well as the Wikipedia and Apple Dictionary sections). 10.5 added Japanese dictionaries, 10.7 added the British Oxford Dictionary of English, and 10.8 added French, German, Spanish and Chinese.

  1. ^ "OS X 10.10 Yosemite release date". October 16, 2014. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2014.