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Read, research and revise: double-click and understand
Reading English articles, textbooks or journal papers for a project? When you meet a word you don’t know, there’s no need to copy it into a translator. Double-click it on any website, and Dictionify explains what it means in that sentence, with pronunciation.
DictionifyChrome extension
Stuck on a word while you research?
Double-click any word on any website. Dictionify reads the whole sentence and explains what the word means in that sentence, in plain English. Go Pro for unlimited lookups, Summary for long readings and Polish for your writing.
Add to Chrome- Pro: unlimited lookups
- Summary and Polish
- 7-day Pro trial
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Build three skills: reading, writing, speaking
Pick the skill you most want to improve to see how to practise it with Dictionify: a routine, common problems and a weekly plan.
Reading
Understand articles and papers
Too many new words in a journal paper or a DSE reading passage? Try this simple routine: get the main idea first, look up only the key words, and review them so you remember.
Reading tips →Writing
Improve your own essays
Do your essays repeat the same words, or sound a little unnatural? Dictionify will not write for you. It shows you how your own sentences could be better, and marks every change so you can learn from it.
Writing tips →Speaking
Pronunciation and shadowing
Speaking exams, class discussions and presentations all need you to speak English. It does not happen in a day, but if you listen and shadow a little every day, your pronunciation and confidence will grow.
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Four study tools in Dictionify
Read articles and papers
Double-click any word or phrase to see its meaning in that sentence, not ten meanings from a dictionary. Academic terms are explained in plain words.
In a research paper, significant usually means “statistically significant”, not just “important”.
Get the main points of long readings
Select a whole passage and press Summary to see the key points in seconds. Great before a lecture, or when you’re checking if a source is useful.
Read the summary first, then decide which sources are worth reading closely.
Improve your own writing
After you write a paragraph for an essay or report, press Polish to see how it could sound more natural and accurate. Every change is marked, so you learn from it.
Polish only improves what you wrote. It doesn’t write your homework for you.
Revise with flashcards
(Pro) Every word you look up is saved with the sentence you found it in. Revise them as flashcards before a test, for DSE, IELTS or your university course.
Your words sync between Chrome and the Dictionify phone app.
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Using it for a school project
- Find English sources online: news, journals or government reports.
- Double-click any word you don’t know to see what it means in that sentence.
- For a long passage, select it and press Summary to get the main points.
- After writing your own paragraph, use Polish to check grammar and word choice, then decide what to change.
- When you revise, open your flashcards (Pro) and go over the words from the project.
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Academic English for students
Words and phrases you need for essays and reports, each with a plain-English explanation, examples, common mistakes and a quiz.
10 academic words
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FAQ
Questions from students
What does Pro add?
Pro has no daily limits: unlimited lookups and translations, and Summary and Polish whenever you need them (within fair use). That suits big projects and long readings. Sign in with Google to try Pro for 7 days, no credit card needed. If you don’t upgrade, the basic plan stays: 5 lookups a day and 5 Summaries or Polishes a week. Every word you look up stays saved, ready for your word list and flashcards when you upgrade.
How is it different from Google Translate?
Google Translate turns the whole sentence into another language, so you may not learn the word. Dictionify explains the word in that sentence, with examples and pronunciation, and saves it, so with Pro you can review it as a flashcard and actually learn it.
Can I use it on PDFs or journal papers?
It works on articles and papers shown as web pages (for example on journal websites). PDFs opened in Chrome may not work, so use the HTML version of the article when there is one.
Will Polish make my homework look AI-written?
Polish only suggests changes to sentences you wrote, and marks every change so you can decide one by one. Schools have different rules on AI tools, so check what your teacher allows before you hand work in.
Can it help with DSE English?
Yes. Saving new words while you read English news and articles, then revising them as flashcards (Pro), is one of the best ways to build vocabulary for the Reading and Writing papers.
Questions from parents and teachers
Is it cheating?
Dictionify is a dictionary and reading tool. It explains words, summarises articles and suggests how to improve sentences the student wrote. It doesn’t write homework or generate essays. We suggest students write first, then use Polish to learn how to improve.
Is it private?
Only the words a student selects, and the sentence they are in, are sent to be explained. Dictionify doesn’t read whole pages or browsing history. Saved words stay in the student’s own browser, and syncing can be turned off at any time.
Does it work on school Chromebooks?
Yes, as long as the school allows Chrome extensions. Dictionify works in Chrome on Chromebooks, Windows and Mac.
Who is it for?
Secondary school students (including those preparing for the DSE) and university students. A Google account is needed to sign in.