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About Us

Company Overview

Dictionary.com LLC's online and mobile properties are destinations for learning and word discovery. We provide resources that create success for consumers in their schoolwork, careers, relationships, and life.

Every month more than 50 million users across the globe visit our online English dictionary and thesaurus, making us the world’s largest and most authoritative free online dictionary and mobile reference resource. Our selection of online and mobile products are an interactive and reliable source for word meaning and usage. Take our products everywhere and access them any time; we serve academic, business, social and recreational needs, irrespective of age or education level.

Interact with Dictionary.com on-the-go with our mobile iPhone, iPad, and Android applications and API data services. We intend to redefine word learning and knowledge in the context of emerging technology while preserving the painstaking traditions of expertise and integrity that everyone expects from us.

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The Dictionary.com team

The Numbers

  • 50 million unique monthly users worldwide
  • 60 million mobile Dictionary.com downloads
  • 3.6 billion words searched annually
  • 2.2 million daily Word of the Day followers
  • 360 thousand Facebook and Twitter followers
  • 1.2 million searches for the word love in 2011

The Company

  • Dictionary.com was launched in 1995, under the name of Lexico Publishing, LLC and was acquired by IAC in 2008. Today, it is the most-visited, most trusted, online dictionary.
  • Located in Oakland, CA
  • A part of the IAC Corporation
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