Longman Dictionary Bubble

Search a definition from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (5th edition)

English should be learned in English. This is a suitable app for those who believe that. This extension shows a bubble-type popup for the selected word's definition in Longman Dictionary. It can show a clickable icon for the popup, or clicking a word displays the bubble immediately. By default, it adopts American English pronunciation, but you can enable "Prefer British pronunciation" in the options to use British pronunciation instead. If you would like to comment, please leave any here. For your information, this extension uses Pearson Dictionary API (http://developer.pearson.com/apis/dictionaries). It was supposed to become unavailable at the end of 2017 but still available up until today (May, 2019). --- Recent updates (v2.4.1): - Security: resolved a high-severity vulnerability (brace-expansion denial-of-service) flagged by dependency scanning - Updated build and test tooling to their latest versions (webpack-cli, glob, html-webpack-plugin, @testing-library/react, globals) and upgraded the CI GitHub Actions Previous updates (v2.4.0): - Options page now shows the installed extension version at the bottom - Added automated security scanning (SAST via Semgrep, dependency scanning via Dependabot) to catch vulnerabilities before release - Updated 9 dependencies to their latest versions, including build tooling (webpack-cli, css-loader, style-loader) and test tooling (jsdom) Previous updates (v2.3.1): - Fixed audio playback to work around Chrome's content security policy by routing it through an offscreen document - Fixed the popup close icon rendering - Fixed the "show icon first" option not being respected - Fixed audio playing multiple times on repeated clicks Previous updates (v2.3.0): - Smart word recognition: automatically finds dictionary entries for inflected words - When a word isn't found, tries the root form (e.g., "swimming" → "swim") - Works with verb forms, plural nouns, and adjective forms Previous updates (v2.2.0): - Anki integration: Save words directly to your Anki flashcards via AnkiConnect - New option to show/hide the "Add to Anki" button Previous updates (v2.1.0): - British pronunciation icon now displayed next to American - Auto-pronounce: hear the word automatically when popup shows - Option to prefer British pronunciation for auto-pronounce