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A dictionary gives you ten meanings and leaves you guessing. Dictionify reads your sentence and explains the one meaning it has right there, in plain words and your language. Just double-click a word, or highlight a phrase or paragraph, on any website.
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Demo: clicking “unwind” on a web page opens a card explaining it; clicking “tense” in that card opens the next card, and “anxious” opens a third.
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English for exams, school and work, every example read aloud.
Not ten definitions. The one that fits.
A dictionary lists every meaning of a word and leaves you to guess which one your sentence uses. Dictionify reads the sentence around the word and explains the meaning it has right there.
- to move quickly on foot
- to be in charge of; manage
- to operate, as a machine does
- to flow, as liquid does
- to stretch or extend in a direction
- to stand as a candidate in an election
- to publish or broadcast a story
- a line of broken threads in tights
- a continuous series, as in “a run of luck”
- a regular trip or route
Next year, Maria will run the marketing team.
To be in charge of something, like a team or a business.
Here, Maria will lead the marketing team.
Oh no, there’s a run in my new tights.
A long line of broken threads in tights or stockings.
Here, the tights have started to tear in a line.
Three steps. Zero tab-switching.
…the incumbent is expected to win…
Double-click a single word, or highlight a phrase or a whole paragraph, on any website: news, email, homework, contracts. A card pops up right beside it.You know this feeling
looking things up shouldn’t feel like homeworkcen·sure (v.) to express severe disapproval of, typically in a formal statement.
The definition needs its own definition. hard words… explained with harder words“The motion was tabled.” → 該動議被擱置。
Translated, and still confused. …wait, postponed or discussed??Everything a good teacher would tell you
The person who has the job right now.
Here, the leader already in office.
現任市長再次參選。
Opposite challenger · newcomer
- ① how to say it (IPA) + tap to hear
- ② the word in your language
- ③ the meaning for THIS sentence
- ④ new example sentences
- ⑤ similar & opposite words
Still curious? Keep going.
Every word inside an answer can be tapped, and it opens the next card right beside it. Follow the trail as far as you like. No other dictionary does this.
follow the trail as deep as you likeWORLD NEWSCanada will add new tariffs on imported steel starting next month, the finance minister said.
Extra money a government charges on goods from another country.
Here, Canada will charge more on imported steel.
Bought from another country and brought in through customs to be sold.
The office at a border that checks goods and collects taxes on them.
the next card opens …and on, as deep as you like!
Made for everyone who reads in another language
real moments, real wordsTOEFL student · Hong Kong
New to Canada · Toronto
Junior analyst
Nurse · night shift
Every word is saved. Review it, and it sticks.
Every word you look up lands in your words list in Chrome’s side panel, with the sentence you found it in. Review them as flashcards with spaced repetition, the same method Anki uses: words you know come back later, words you miss come back sooner.
Demo: a review card shows “unwind”; pressing Show me reveals 放鬆 and its meaning, then Good.
Your language, one tap away.
The word’s translation sits right next to it. Tap Translate and the whole explanation appears in your language too, in 18 languages, or type any other.
tap 文 翻譯… and there it isDemo: tapping Translate on a card shows the explanation in Traditional Chinese.
Explained in words you know. In a language you love.
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Questions, answered
Is Dictionify free? What does Pro add?
There is a free plan and Pro. Pro has no daily limits: unlimited lookups, translations, examples and similar words, plus Summary for long passages and Polish for your writing (within fair use). Sign in to try Pro free for 7 days. The free plan gives you 5 lookups a day (words, phrases, paragraphs and follow-ups all count), 5 translations and 10 examples or word lists, plus 5 Summaries or Polishes a week. Pronunciation, the word’s own translation, and both explanation styles are always free (your word list and flashcards are part of Pro), and looking a word up again on the same site within 30 days doesn’t count.
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When you sign in with Google, you get Pro free for 7 days. No credit card is required, so nothing is charged when it ends. When it ends you simply stay on the free plan unless you choose to upgrade.
What does Dictionify send, and where?
Only the words you highlight, the sentence around them, and the page’s title and domain name (never the full address), and only when you ask for an explanation. They go to the Dictionify service and its AI provider to write the answer. Your saved words stay in your browser. Read the privacy policy.
Which websites does it work on?
Any website you open in Google Chrome, including Gmail and Outlook on the web. Common sign-in and payment pages (Google, Microsoft and Apple sign-in, PayPal, Stripe checkout, password managers) are off by default, text in password and form fields is never sent, and you can switch it off on any other site in Settings.
Can I cancel Pro?
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