Simple English Dictionary

Double-click any word to view its pronunciation, definitions, and usage examples instantly.

### 📖 Instant English Dictionary at Your Fingertips Stop switching tabs or losing your reading flow just to look up an unfamiliar word. **Simple English Dictionary** lets you look up words instantly on any webpage with a simple double-click or customizable keyboard shortcut. Designed with speed, privacy, and visual elegance in mind, it delivers definitions, phonetic transcriptions, and crystal-clear audio pronunciations inside an isolated floating card. --- ### ✨ Key Features - ⚡ **Instant Word Lookup**: Double-click any English word across articles, blogs, forums, or documentation to immediately view comprehensive definitions and real-world example sentences. - 🔊 **Spoken Audio Pronunciation**: Tap the audio icon to listen to authentic human pronunciation recordings. - 🔤 **Phonetic IPA Transcriptions**: See precise International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions for accurate pronunciation. - 🎯 **Customizable Trigger Shortcuts**: Avoid accidental popups while selecting text by choosing your preferred trigger in Settings: - **Direct Double-Click** *(Default)* - **Alt + Double-Click** *(Recommended for heavy text editing/copying)* - **Ctrl / Cmd + Double-Click** - **Shift + Double-Click** - 🛡️ **Zero Style Interference (Shadow DOM)**: Built with encapsulated Shadow DOM technology, ensuring the popup card looks crisp and never inherits broken styles or conflicts with the host website's CSS. - 🌓 **Adaptive Light & Dark Mode**: Automatically matches your system preferences with a sleek, readable glassmorphic card design. - 🔄 **Multi-Provider Fallback**: Powered by the public Free Dictionary API with automatic Wiktionary fallback for exceptional word coverage. - 📍 **Smart Viewport Positioning**: The card dynamically repositions itself near your selection without overflowing off-screen. --- ### 🔒 Privacy-First Design Your browsing activity belongs to you: - **Zero Tracking & No Analytics**: We collect no telemetry, cookies, browsing history, or personal identifiers. - **Ephemeral & On-Demand**: Dictionary queries are sent directly over secure HTTPS only when you actively trigger a word lookup. - **Open Source**: Transparent, audited code licensed under MIT. --- ### ⚙️ How to Use 1. Double-click any word on a webpage. 2. The definition card appears instantly near the word. 3. Click the speaker icon 🔊 to play audio pronunciation. 4. Click outside or press `Esc` to close. 5. Click the extension toolbar icon at any time to open **Preferences** and change trigger keys. What's new in v1.0.4: • In-Browser PDF Support: Look up definitions directly in web-hosted and local PDF documents. • Context Menu Lookup: Right-click any selected word or phrase to look it up instantly. • Smart PDF Sanitization: Automatically cleans line-break hyphens and formatting artifacts. • Dedicated Floating Window: Reliable definition fallback for protected or embedded documents. • Performance and stability enhancements across Chrome and Firefox.