Cambridge Dictionary +Plus Help

How to use Cambridge Dictionary +Plus

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Personalize your profile

Click on your name or the icon in the upper right corner of your screen. Click on My profile.
Choose your occupation: Click on Student, Teacher, Business, or Other.
Choose your level of English: Click on Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, or Native Speaker.
Click on Save at the bottom of the screen.

Go to My profile

Create and manage word lists

Click on Word lists in the menu or at the bottom of the screen. This will take you to the Word lists page.
On the Word lists page, you will see a space for your own word lists, a space for word lists created by Cambridge, and a space where you can see word lists that other people in the community have made public.

Go to Word lists

Make a new word list

On the Word lists page, type the name of your new word list where it says ‘New word list name’ and click on Create word list or hit enter.
You will be taken to the page for your new word list and you will see it has zero words in it.

Add a word to a list

Look up a word in the dictionary by typing a word in the search bar at the top of any page and hit enter, or click the icon.
Look for the word list icon to the right of the meaning you want. Click on it.
A window will appear with the names of all the lists you have made.
Click on the name of the word list you want to add this meaning to.
A message will appear telling you the meaning has been added to your list.
You can add up to 500 words to a word list.

Make a new list and add a word to it at the same time

Look up a word in the dictionary by typing a word in the search bar at the top of any page and hit enter, or click the icon.
Look for the word list icon to the right of the meaning you want. Click on it. A window will appear.
Type the name of your new word list where it says ‘New word list name’ at the bottom of the window and click the yellow tick .
You have now made a new list, and added the meaning you chose to it at the same time.

Go to a word list

Click on your name in the upper right corner of your screen and click Cambridge Dictionary +Plus, where you can go to all your word lists.
Or, you can click on the word list icon next to a meaning, then click on the name of the word list you want.

Go to Word lists

Make a word list public

To share lists with other Cambridge Dictionary +Plus users, you can make them public. While on the word list, click the Make public button. This will make the list public. Public lists can be shared via the social media icons, or simply by emailing the URL. Lists that you make public will also be available in the Community word lists section to other registered users. Word lists can only be made public if they contain five or more words.

Download a word list

You can download your word list to an Excel file.

Go to the word list you want to download.
Choose ‘Word list’ in the options next to Download. Click the arrow button . An Excel file of your word list will download

Add tags to a word list

You can add tags to your word lists to help you search and filter your word lists.
Click on the title of the word list you want to add tags to. Choose the word list level and/or the dictionary and click the tick button.

Quiz yourself on a word list

Start the quiz

Go to a word list, then click on the quiz type to start the quiz. Depending on the content of the word list, there can be up to three quiz types to choose from: gap fill, multiple choice and audio.

Answer the questions

Gap fill quizzes: read the question and type in the answer. Click Submit or hit enter to check your answer. Click Next or hit enter to continue.
Multiple choice quizzes: choose the correct meaning. Click Next or hit enter to continue.
Audio quizzes: click the audio buttons to listen to the word. Type the word or phrase you hear. Click Submit or hit enter to check your answer. Click Next or hit enter to continue.

Finish the quiz

When you have answered all the questions, click on the See my answers button. You will see all the questions and answers, and see how many you got right or wrong.

Download the quiz

You can download your quiz with answers to an Excel file.

Go to the word list you want to quiz yourself or quiz others on.
Choose ‘Quiz’ in the options next to Download. Click the arrow button . You can open the downloaded file to see the quiz questions and answers in an Excel file.