Content specialist New Visions has ported over 430,000 words and definitions from the print edition into a searchable WAP site. Access to the dictionary is via the CED to 84477 shortcode or at www.collinslanguage.mobi.

Graeme Harvey, digital publishing manager at Collins English Dictionary, said: “In the right environment nothing beats the convenience, the simplicity of a printed book. But this is the digital age, and dictionary users’ needs have changed. 

“It’s always been our focus to make the CED available to everyone and that means that we have to make it available in as many formats as possible. With ever-faster internet connections and the growing penetration of mobile handsets we couldn’t ignore these new media for our new dictionary.”