VocabGlow – Learn Words as You Browse

Tracking since Apr 3, 2026.

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• May 8, 2026
  description

  ✨ VocabGlow - Learn Vocabulary While You Browse
  
  VocabGlow helps you grow your English vocabulary naturally while you browse the web. Select a word, get a clean in-page explanation, listen to pronunciation, save useful meanings, and revisit your vocabulary later from a dedicated review list.
  
  No ads. No tracking. No personal data collection.
  
  ✅ What VocabGlow can do:
  - Explain selected words directly on webpages with a small helper icon near your selection.
  - Add a right-click context menu option so you can explain selected text quickly.
  - Show a clean in-page popup with loading feedback, US/UK phonetics, pronunciation audio, part of speech, English definitions, examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
  - Show translated meanings in more than 100 target languages when online translation is enabled in Settings.
  - Let you save the full result, save a short summary, save only the translation, or edit the word and meaning before saving.
  - Show whether a word is already saved in your vocabulary list.
  - Keep a personal vocabulary list with recent words available from the extension popup.
  - Open a full-page vocabulary manager where you can search, edit, delete, manually add words, fetch dictionary summaries, fetch translations when enabled, and play pronunciation for saved words.
  - Import and export your saved vocabulary as CSV.
  - Highlight recently saved words automatically as you browse the web.
  - Let you turn highlighting on or off and choose custom highlight background and text colors.
  - Send optional review reminder notifications with saved words and meaning snippets.
  - Let you choose reminder intervals from Settings.
  - Let you turn online translation on or off and choose a target language for translated meanings.
  - Cache lookup results locally to make repeated lookups faster.
  - Provide support links for rating the extension or sending a donation if you want to support the project.
  
  📖 Feature details
  
  🔎 Instant word lookup
  - Select a word on a webpage and click the helper icon that appears near the selection.
  - Right-click selected text and use "Explain this word" from the context menu.
  - The popup can show loading feedback, US and UK phonetic spelling, pronunciation audio, part of speech, up to 3 English definitions per part of speech, example sentences, synonyms, antonyms, and an optional translated meaning for your selected target language.
  - The popup supports keyboard focus, Escape-to-close, and keyboard repositioning from the popup header.
  - If a word may have more dictionary entries, VocabGlow can point you to Cambridge Dictionary for deeper reading.
  
  💾 Flexible save actions
  - Save the full lookup result to your vocabulary list.
  - Save a short summary using the first definition for each part of speech plus one synonym when available.
  - Save only the translation when online translation is enabled.
  - Edit the word and meaning before saving.
  - Update an existing saved word when you choose to replace a previous definition.
  
  📚 Personal vocabulary list
  - View recent saved words from the extension popup.
  - Open the full vocabulary page to search and filter saved words.
  - Edit words and meanings.
  - Delete individual entries or clear the full list.
  - Manually add new words.
  - Fetch dictionary summaries for manually added words.
  - Fetch translations when online translation is enabled.
  - Play pronunciation audio for saved words when audio is available.
  - Import words from CSV and export saved words to CSV.
  
  🖍️ Highlight saved words across the web
  - Automatically highlight recently saved vocabulary on webpages.
  - Turn highlighting on or off from Settings.
  - Customize highlight background and text colors.
  - Highlights update when saved words or highlight settings change.
  
  🔔 Review reminders
  - Turn review reminders on or off from Settings.
  - Choose a reminder interval.
  - Receive browser notifications with a saved word and meaning snippet.
  - Click a reminder to open the full vocabulary list for review.
  
  🌐 Languages and translation
  - Turn online translation on or off from Settings.
  - Choose a non-English target language for translated meanings from more than 100 supported languages.
  - Translation support is designed to help English learners connect an English word with a meaning in their preferred language, while English definitions remain available when translation is off.
  
  ⚙️ Settings and support
  - Adjust reminder settings, highlight settings, online translation, and target language from the Options page.
  - Use the popup or full-list page to open support links, rate the extension, or send a donation.
  
  🔐 Privacy
  - No analytics.
  - No tracking.
  - No ads.
  - No personal data collection.
  - Saved vocabulary words and lookup cache are stored locally in your browser.
  - User settings such as online translation preference, target language, reminder interval, and highlight preferences are stored using Chrome storage.
  
  🚀 How it works
  1. Select a word on a webpage.
  2. Click the helper icon or use the right-click context menu.
  3. Review the popup with pronunciation, definitions, examples, synonyms, antonyms, and optional online translation.
  4. Save the full result, a short summary, or just the translation to your list.
  5. Revisit saved words from the popup, the full list page, page highlights, and reminder notifications.
  
  🆕 What's new in Version 2.5.3
  
  - Added an online translation toggle so English dictionary lookups can run without translation enabled.
  - Added lookup loading feedback and temporarily disabled popup actions while results are loading.
  - Improved popup accessibility with dialog labels, focus restoration, Escape-to-close, focus handling in the edit modal, and keyboard repositioning.
  - Improved pronunciation playback by normalizing audio URLs and falling back between US and UK audio when one dialect is missing audio.
  - Improved saved-word highlighting performance and safety by limiting highlights to the 100 most recent saved terms and skipping form, code, button, and editable content.
  - Added migration support for existing translation settings while defaulting new installs to translation off.

  ✨ VocabGlow - Learn Vocabulary While You Browse
  
  VocabGlow helps you grow your English vocabulary naturally while you browse the web. Select a word, get a clean in-page explanation, listen to pronunciation, save useful meanings, and revisit your vocabulary later from a dedicated review list.
  
  No ads. No tracking. No personal data collection.
  
  ✅ What VocabGlow can do:
  - Explain selected words directly on webpages with a small helper icon near your selection.
  - Add a right-click context menu option so you can explain selected text quickly.
  - Show a clean in-page popup with loading feedback, US/UK phonetics, pronunciation audio, part of speech, English definitions, examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
  - Let you choose whether the lookup popup opens with detailed definitions or a shorter summary.
  - Let you hide or show pronunciation, examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
  - Show translated meanings in more than 100 target languages when online translation is enabled in Settings.
  - Let you save the full result, save a short summary, save only the translation, or edit the word, meaning, and category before saving.
  - Show whether a word is already saved in your vocabulary list.
  - Keep a personal vocabulary list with recent words and word counts available from the extension popup.
  - Open a full-page vocabulary manager where you can search, filter by category, review category dashboard details, edit, delete, look up words manually, and play pronunciation for saved words.
  - Import and export your saved vocabulary as CSV, including categories.
  - Highlight saved words automatically as you browse the web.
  - Let you turn highlighting on or off, choose a highlight style, choose custom colors, and choose how many recent saved words are highlighted.
  - Send optional review reminder notifications with saved words and meaning snippets.
  - Let you choose reminder intervals from Settings.
  - Let you turn online translation on or off and choose a target language for translated meanings.
  - Cache lookup results locally to make repeated lookups faster.
  - Provide support links for rating the extension or sending a donation if you want to support the project.
  
  📖 Feature details
  
  🔎 Instant word lookup
  - Select a word on a webpage and click the helper icon that appears near the selection.
  - Right-click selected text and use "Explain this word" from the context menu.
  - The popup can show loading feedback, US and UK phonetic spelling, pronunciation audio, part of speech, up to 3 English definitions per part of speech, example sentences, synonyms, antonyms, and an optional translated meaning for your selected target language.
  - Lookup content can be customized from Settings.
  - The popup supports keyboard focus, Escape-to-close, and keyboard repositioning from the popup header.
  - The "More definitions" button can open Cambridge Dictionary, Oxford Learner's Dictionaries, or Merriam-Webster, depending on your setting.
  
  💾 Flexible save actions
  - Save the full lookup result to your vocabulary list.
  - Save a short summary using the first definition for each part of speech plus one synonym when available.
  - Save only the translation when online translation is enabled.
  - Edit the word, meaning, and category before saving.
  - Update an existing saved word when you choose to replace a previous definition.
  
  📚 Personal vocabulary list
  - View recent saved words from the extension popup.
  - See total saved words and words added today.
  - Open the full vocabulary page to search and filter saved words.
  - Organize words with categories.
  - Edit words, meanings, and categories.
  - Delete individual entries or clear the full list.
  - Look up and save a word manually from the full vocabulary page.
  - Play pronunciation audio for saved words when audio is available.
  - Import words from CSV and export saved words to CSV.
  
  🖍️ Highlight saved words across the web
  - Automatically highlight saved vocabulary on webpages.
  - Turn highlighting on or off from Settings.
  - Choose a highlight style: Soft Glow, Marker, or Underline.
  - Customize highlight background and text colors.
  - Choose how many recent saved words are highlighted: 25, 50, 100, or 200.
  - Highlights update when saved words or highlight settings change.
  
  🔔 Review reminders
  - Turn review reminders on or off from Settings.
  - Choose a reminder interval: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 2 hours, or 4 hours.
  - Receive browser notifications with a saved word and meaning snippet.
  - Click a reminder to open the full vocabulary list for review.
  
  🌐 Languages and translation
  - Turn online translation on or off from Settings.
  - Choose a non-English target language for translated meanings from more than 100 supported languages.
  - Translation support is designed to help English learners connect an English word with a meaning in their preferred language, while English definitions remain available when translation is off.
  
  ⚙️ Settings and support
  - Customize lookup detail, pronunciation, examples, synonyms, antonyms, and detailed dictionary source.
  - Adjust reminder settings, highlight settings, online translation, and target language from the Options page.
  - Import, export, clear saved words, or reset settings.
  - Use the popup or full-list page to open support links, rate the extension, or send a donation.
  
  🔐 Privacy
  - No analytics.
  - No tracking.
  - No ads.
  - No personal data collection.
  - No third-party data sharing.
  - Saved vocabulary words and lookup cache are stored locally in your browser.
  - User settings such as online translation preference, target language, reminder interval, lookup display preferences, and highlight preferences are stored using Chrome storage.
  - Only the selected word or phrase is sent to dictionary or translation services when you request a lookup.
  - Online translation is optional and can be disabled.
  
  🚀 How it works
  1. Select a word on a webpage.
  2. Click the helper icon or use the right-click context menu.
  3. Review the popup with pronunciation, definitions, examples, synonyms, antonyms, and optional online translation.
  4. Save the full result, a short summary, only the translation, or an edited meaning to your list.
  5. Revisit saved words from the popup, the full list page, page highlights, and reminder notifications.
  
  🆕 What's new in Version 2.5.6
  
  - Added category support for saved words.
  - Added category dashboard details and category filtering in the full vocabulary list.
  - Added category data to CSV import and export.
  - Added configurable lookup popup content.
  - Added a detailed dictionary source setting for Cambridge Dictionary, Oxford Learner's Dictionaries, or Merriam-Webster.
  - Added highlight style and highlight limit settings.
  - Added popup saved-word stats.
  - Improved settings organization across lookup, highlighting, reminders, data, privacy, sources, and services.

• May 8, 2026
  short_description

  Instant meanings, pronunciation, saved word list, highlighting, and a full-page vocabulary view.

  Instant meanings, pronunciation, saved word categories, highlighting, reminders, and CSV import/export.

• May 2, 2026
  description

  🌟 VocabGlow  — Learn Vocabulary While You Browse
  VocabGlow helps you grow your English vocabulary naturally while you browse the web.
  
  -- Look up words in context for meaning or translation in more than 100 languages,
  -- Listen to pronunciation,
  -- Save useful words to your own vocabulary list and review them later,
  -- Highlight saved words across the web, and
  -- Let VocabGlow remind you to review them while you browse.
  
  **No ads, no tracking**
  
  What VocabGlow can do:
  - Select a word on a webpage and open a clean in-page definition popup
  - Right-click selected text to explain a word from the context menu
  - Show US/UK phonetics, pronunciation audio, part of speech, definitions, examples, synonyms, and antonyms
  - Show translated meanings for the target language you choose in settings
  - Save the full result, save a short summary, save just the translation, or edit before saving
  - Keep a personal vocabulary list with search, edit, delete, manual add, dictionary fetch, and translation fetch tools
  - Import and export saved words as CSV
  - Highlight saved words on webpages
  - Send optional reminder notifications so you can review words later
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  🌟VocabGlow is a Chrome extension that helps you learn vocabulary while you browse. Select a word on any page to open a clean in-page popup with US/UK pronunciation, English definitions, examples, synonyms, antonyms, and optional translation into your chosen target language. It supports translated meanings in more than 100 languages. Save full meanings or short summaries to your personal list, review them later, highlight them across the web, and get reminder notifications to revisit what you have learned.
  
  ## Features
  
  ### Instant word lookup
  - Select a word on a webpage and click the helper icon that appears near the selection.
  - Right-click selected text and use the context menu to explain the word.
  - The in-page popup can show US and UK phonetic spelling, audio pronunciation, part of speech, up to 3 English definitions per part of speech, example sentences, synonyms, antonyms, and a translated meaning for the selected target language.
  
  ### Flexible save actions
  - Save the full result to your vocabulary list.
  - Save a short summary that uses the first definition for each part of speech plus one synonym when available.
  - Save just the translation when a non-English target language is selected.
  - Edit the word and meaning before saving.
  
  ### Personal vocabulary list
  - View recent saved words in the popup.
  - Open the full vocabulary page to search and filter saved words, edit words and meanings, delete entries, manually add new words, fetch dictionary summaries for manually added words, fetch translations when a non-English target language is selected, play pronunciation for saved words, import words from CSV, and export words to CSV.
  
  ### Highlight saved words across the web
  - Automatically highlight saved vocabulary on webpages.
  - Turn highlighting on or off.
  - Customize highlight background and text colors.
  
  ### Review reminders
  - Set a reminder interval from the options page.
  - Receive browser notifications with a saved word and a meaning snippet.
  
  ### Settings and support
  - Choose a target language for translated meanings from more than 100 supported languages.
  - Adjust highlighting and reminder settings from the options page.
  - Open support links to rate the extension or send a donation.
  
  ## How it works
  
  1. Select a word on a webpage.
  2. Click the helper icon or use the right-click context menu.
  3. Review the popup with US/UK pronunciation, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and translation.
  4. Save the full result, a short summary, or just the translation to your list.
  5. Revisit saved words from the popup, the full list page, page highlights, and reminder notifications.
  
  Coming soon: more smart review modes and advanced memorisation tools.
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  **What’s Fixed in Version 2.5.0:**
  
  Fixed an issue where saved words were missing from the full list
  Fixed highlighting of saved words after upgrading from Version 2.4.0
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  🌟Version 2.4.0
  
  Main upgrades:
  
  Added:
  - Full translation support in more than 100 languages for word lookups.
  - More flexible save actions: save full meanings, save a short summary, save just the translation, or edit before saving.
  
  Improved and enriched:
  - The in-page popup now provides a richer word view with US/UK pronunciation, phonetics, grouped meanings, examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
  - The full-page vocabulary manager is improved, especially for manual adding with better dictionary lookup and translation support.
  - The settings experience is improved, including nicer styling and controls for saved-word highlighting.
  - Reminder notifications are improved for a better review experience.
  - Saved vocabulary words are now stored locally in the browser for better capacity and performance.
  - User settings such as target language, reminder interval, and highlight preferences remain in Chrome sync storage.
  - Translation request handling is safer when external APIs return unexpected non-JSON responses.

  ✨ VocabGlow - Learn Vocabulary While You Browse
  
  VocabGlow helps you grow your English vocabulary naturally while you browse the web. Select a word, get a clean in-page explanation, listen to pronunciation, save useful meanings, and revisit your vocabulary later from a dedicated review list.
  
  No ads. No tracking. No personal data collection.
  
  ✅ What VocabGlow can do:
  - Explain selected words directly on webpages with a small helper icon near your selection.
  - Add a right-click context menu option so you can explain selected text quickly.
  - Show a clean in-page popup with loading feedback, US/UK phonetics, pronunciation audio, part of speech, English definitions, examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
  - Show translated meanings in more than 100 target languages when online translation is enabled in Settings.
  - Let you save the full result, save a short summary, save only the translation, or edit the word and meaning before saving.
  - Show whether a word is already saved in your vocabulary list.
  - Keep a personal vocabulary list with recent words available from the extension popup.
  - Open a full-page vocabulary manager where you can search, edit, delete, manually add words, fetch dictionary summaries, fetch translations when enabled, and play pronunciation for saved words.
  - Import and export your saved vocabulary as CSV.
  - Highlight recently saved words automatically as you browse the web.
  - Let you turn highlighting on or off and choose custom highlight background and text colors.
  - Send optional review reminder notifications with saved words and meaning snippets.
  - Let you choose reminder intervals from Settings.
  - Let you turn online translation on or off and choose a target language for translated meanings.
  - Cache lookup results locally to make repeated lookups faster.
  - Provide support links for rating the extension or sending a donation if you want to support the project.
  
  📖 Feature details
  
  🔎 Instant word lookup
  - Select a word on a webpage and click the helper icon that appears near the selection.
  - Right-click selected text and use "Explain this word" from the context menu.
  - The popup can show loading feedback, US and UK phonetic spelling, pronunciation audio, part of speech, up to 3 English definitions per part of speech, example sentences, synonyms, antonyms, and an optional translated meaning for your selected target language.
  - The popup supports keyboard focus, Escape-to-close, and keyboard repositioning from the popup header.
  - If a word may have more dictionary entries, VocabGlow can point you to Cambridge Dictionary for deeper reading.
  
  💾 Flexible save actions
  - Save the full lookup result to your vocabulary list.
  - Save a short summary using the first definition for each part of speech plus one synonym when available.
  - Save only the translation when online translation is enabled.
  - Edit the word and meaning before saving.
  - Update an existing saved word when you choose to replace a previous definition.
  
  📚 Personal vocabulary list
  - View recent saved words from the extension popup.
  - Open the full vocabulary page to search and filter saved words.
  - Edit words and meanings.
  - Delete individual entries or clear the full list.
  - Manually add new words.
  - Fetch dictionary summaries for manually added words.
  - Fetch translations when online translation is enabled.
  - Play pronunciation audio for saved words when audio is available.
  - Import words from CSV and export saved words to CSV.
  
  🖍️ Highlight saved words across the web
  - Automatically highlight recently saved vocabulary on webpages.
  - Turn highlighting on or off from Settings.
  - Customize highlight background and text colors.
  - Highlights update when saved words or highlight settings change.
  
  🔔 Review reminders
  - Turn review reminders on or off from Settings.
  - Choose a reminder interval.
  - Receive browser notifications with a saved word and meaning snippet.
  - Click a reminder to open the full vocabulary list for review.
  
  🌐 Languages and translation
  - Turn online translation on or off from Settings.
  - Choose a non-English target language for translated meanings from more than 100 supported languages.
  - Translation support is designed to help English learners connect an English word with a meaning in their preferred language, while English definitions remain available when translation is off.
  
  ⚙️ Settings and support
  - Adjust reminder settings, highlight settings, online translation, and target language from the Options page.
  - Use the popup or full-list page to open support links, rate the extension, or send a donation.
  
  🔐 Privacy
  - No analytics.
  - No tracking.
  - No ads.
  - No personal data collection.
  - Saved vocabulary words and lookup cache are stored locally in your browser.
  - User settings such as online translation preference, target language, reminder interval, and highlight preferences are stored using Chrome storage.
  
  🚀 How it works
  1. Select a word on a webpage.
  2. Click the helper icon or use the right-click context menu.
  3. Review the popup with pronunciation, definitions, examples, synonyms, antonyms, and optional online translation.
  4. Save the full result, a short summary, or just the translation to your list.
  5. Revisit saved words from the popup, the full list page, page highlights, and reminder notifications.
  
  🆕 What's new in Version 2.5.3
  
  - Added an online translation toggle so English dictionary lookups can run without translation enabled.
  - Added lookup loading feedback and temporarily disabled popup actions while results are loading.
  - Improved popup accessibility with dialog labels, focus restoration, Escape-to-close, focus handling in the edit modal, and keyboard repositioning.
  - Improved pronunciation playback by normalizing audio URLs and falling back between US and UK audio when one dialect is missing audio.
  - Improved saved-word highlighting performance and safety by limiting highlights to the 100 most recent saved terms and skipping form, code, button, and editable content.
  - Added migration support for existing translation settings while defaulting new installs to translation off.

• Apr 25, 2026
  description

  🌟 VocabGlow  — Learn Vocabulary While You Browse
  VocabGlow helps you grow your English vocabulary naturally while you browse the web.
  
  **No ads, no tracking**
  
  • Select any word to see a clear, modern dictionary card with phonetics, multiple meanings and a lot more.
  • Save words to your personal list with one click.
  • Review your words later in a dedicated list with search, edit and CSV export/import.
  • Optional highlighting of your saved words on any page.
  • Gentle reminder pop-ups to keep your vocabulary fresh.
  
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  VocabGlow is a Chrome extension that helps you learn, remember, and review English vocabulary naturally as you browse the web. Select any word to see a clean dictionary pop-up with phonetics, examples, synonyms, and multiple definitions — then save it to your personal vocabulary list with one click. Manage your collection with full editing capabilities, manual additions, and built-in pronunciation playback.
  
  ✅ Features
       🔍 Instant word explanations
            Select a word and click the glow icon
            Pop-up shows:
            Phonetic spelling
            Audio pronunciation
            Part of speech
            Up to 3 main definitions
            Example sentences
            Synonyms (when available)
       📚 Personal word collection
            Save words effortlessly
            View all saved words in a full list page
            Edit words and their meanings
            Manually add new words (with optional dictionary lookup for definitions)
            Listen to pronunciations directly from the list
            Delete entries
            Search & filter
            Export as CSV
            Import CSV (supports multi-line definitions)
       ✨ Highlight saved words across the web
            Automatically highlights vocabulary you've saved
            On/off toggle
            Custom highlight colours (background + text)
       ⏰ Smart reminder notifications
            Optional periodic review reminders
            Adjustable intervals
            Helps build long-term memory
  
  Coming soon: more smart review modes and advanced memorisation tools.
  
  Ver 1.4.1
  We’ve upgraded VocabGlow to store saved words locally in your browser, which gives better capacity and performance while keeping your reminder/highlight settings synced as before. Existing users are protected with a one-time automatic migration plus safe fallback behavior to prevent data loss during the transition, and new users get the same workflow with more room for vocabulary growth. Note for multi-device use: because words are now local to each device, newly added words won’t auto-sync across devices—you’ll need to use export/import to keep word lists aligned.

  🌟 VocabGlow  — Learn Vocabulary While You Browse
  VocabGlow helps you grow your English vocabulary naturally while you browse the web.
  
  -- Look up words in context for meaning or translation in more than 100 languages,
  -- Listen to pronunciation,
  -- Save useful words to your own vocabulary list and review them later,
  -- Highlight saved words across the web, and
  -- Let VocabGlow remind you to review them while you browse.
  
  **No ads, no tracking**
  
  What VocabGlow can do:
  - Select a word on a webpage and open a clean in-page definition popup
  - Right-click selected text to explain a word from the context menu
  - Show US/UK phonetics, pronunciation audio, part of speech, definitions, examples, synonyms, and antonyms
  - Show translated meanings for the target language you choose in settings
  - Save the full result, save a short summary, save just the translation, or edit before saving
  - Keep a personal vocabulary list with search, edit, delete, manual add, dictionary fetch, and translation fetch tools
  - Import and export saved words as CSV
  - Highlight saved words on webpages
  - Send optional reminder notifications so you can review words later
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  🌟VocabGlow is a Chrome extension that helps you learn vocabulary while you browse. Select a word on any page to open a clean in-page popup with US/UK pronunciation, English definitions, examples, synonyms, antonyms, and optional translation into your chosen target language. It supports translated meanings in more than 100 languages. Save full meanings or short summaries to your personal list, review them later, highlight them across the web, and get reminder notifications to revisit what you have learned.
  
  ## Features
  
  ### Instant word lookup
  - Select a word on a webpage and click the helper icon that appears near the selection.
  - Right-click selected text and use the context menu to explain the word.
  - The in-page popup can show US and UK phonetic spelling, audio pronunciation, part of speech, up to 3 English definitions per part of speech, example sentences, synonyms, antonyms, and a translated meaning for the selected target language.
  
  ### Flexible save actions
  - Save the full result to your vocabulary list.
  - Save a short summary that uses the first definition for each part of speech plus one synonym when available.
  - Save just the translation when a non-English target language is selected.
  - Edit the word and meaning before saving.
  
  ### Personal vocabulary list
  - View recent saved words in the popup.
  - Open the full vocabulary page to search and filter saved words, edit words and meanings, delete entries, manually add new words, fetch dictionary summaries for manually added words, fetch translations when a non-English target language is selected, play pronunciation for saved words, import words from CSV, and export words to CSV.
  
  ### Highlight saved words across the web
  - Automatically highlight saved vocabulary on webpages.
  - Turn highlighting on or off.
  - Customize highlight background and text colors.
  
  ### Review reminders
  - Set a reminder interval from the options page.
  - Receive browser notifications with a saved word and a meaning snippet.
  
  ### Settings and support
  - Choose a target language for translated meanings from more than 100 supported languages.
  - Adjust highlighting and reminder settings from the options page.
  - Open support links to rate the extension or send a donation.
  
  ## How it works
  
  1. Select a word on a webpage.
  2. Click the helper icon or use the right-click context menu.
  3. Review the popup with US/UK pronunciation, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and translation.
  4. Save the full result, a short summary, or just the translation to your list.
  5. Revisit saved words from the popup, the full list page, page highlights, and reminder notifications.
  
  Coming soon: more smart review modes and advanced memorisation tools.
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  **What’s Fixed in Version 2.5.0:**
  
  Fixed an issue where saved words were missing from the full list
  Fixed highlighting of saved words after upgrading from Version 2.4.0
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  🌟Version 2.4.0
  
  Main upgrades:
  
  Added:
  - Full translation support in more than 100 languages for word lookups.
  - More flexible save actions: save full meanings, save a short summary, save just the translation, or edit before saving.
  
  Improved and enriched:
  - The in-page popup now provides a richer word view with US/UK pronunciation, phonetics, grouped meanings, examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
  - The full-page vocabulary manager is improved, especially for manual adding with better dictionary lookup and translation support.
  - The settings experience is improved, including nicer styling and controls for saved-word highlighting.
  - Reminder notifications are improved for a better review experience.
  - Saved vocabulary words are now stored locally in the browser for better capacity and performance.
  - User settings such as target language, reminder interval, and highlight preferences remain in Chrome sync storage.
  - Translation request handling is safer when external APIs return unexpected non-JSON responses.

• Apr 25, 2026
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  https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/, <all_urls>

  https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/, https://api.mymemory.translated.net/, <all_urls>

• Apr 17, 2026
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  🌟 VocabGlow — Learn Vocabulary While You Browse
  VocabGlow helps you grow your English vocabulary naturally while you browse the web.
  
  **No ads, no tracking**
  
  • Select any word to see a clear, modern dictionary card with phonetics, multiple meanings and a lot more.
  • Save words to your personal list with one click.
  • Review your words later in a dedicated list with search, edit and CSV export/import.
  • Optional highlighting of your saved words on any page.
  • Gentle reminder pop-ups to keep your vocabulary fresh.
  
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  VocabGlow is a Chrome extension that helps you learn, remember, and review English vocabulary naturally as you browse the web. Select any word to see a clean dictionary pop-up with phonetics, examples, synonyms, and multiple definitions — then save it to your personal vocabulary list with one click. Manage your collection with full editing capabilities, manual additions, and built-in pronunciation playback.
  
  ✅ Features
       🔍 Instant word explanations
            Select a word and click the glow icon
            Pop-up shows:
            Phonetic spelling
            Audio pronunciation
            Part of speech
            Up to 3 main definitions
            Example sentences
            Synonyms (when available)
       📚 Personal word collection
            Save words effortlessly
            View all saved words in a full list page
            Edit words and their meanings
            Manually add new words (with optional dictionary lookup for definitions)
            Listen to pronunciations directly from the list
            Delete entries
            Search & filter
            Export as CSV
            Import CSV (supports multi-line definitions)
       ✨ Highlight saved words across the web
            Automatically highlights vocabulary you've saved
            On/off toggle
            Custom highlight colours (background + text)
       ⏰ Smart reminder notifications
            Optional periodic review reminders
            Adjustable intervals
            Helps build long-term memory
  
  Coming soon: more smart review modes and advanced memorisation tools.

  🌟 VocabGlow  — Learn Vocabulary While You Browse
  VocabGlow helps you grow your English vocabulary naturally while you browse the web.
  
  **No ads, no tracking**
  
  • Select any word to see a clear, modern dictionary card with phonetics, multiple meanings and a lot more.
  • Save words to your personal list with one click.
  • Review your words later in a dedicated list with search, edit and CSV export/import.
  • Optional highlighting of your saved words on any page.
  • Gentle reminder pop-ups to keep your vocabulary fresh.
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  VocabGlow is a Chrome extension that helps you learn, remember, and review English vocabulary naturally as you browse the web. Select any word to see a clean dictionary pop-up with phonetics, examples, synonyms, and multiple definitions — then save it to your personal vocabulary list with one click. Manage your collection with full editing capabilities, manual additions, and built-in pronunciation playback.
  
  ✅ Features
       🔍 Instant word explanations
            Select a word and click the glow icon
            Pop-up shows:
            Phonetic spelling
            Audio pronunciation
            Part of speech
            Up to 3 main definitions
            Example sentences
            Synonyms (when available)
       📚 Personal word collection
            Save words effortlessly
            View all saved words in a full list page
            Edit words and their meanings
            Manually add new words (with optional dictionary lookup for definitions)
            Listen to pronunciations directly from the list
            Delete entries
            Search & filter
            Export as CSV
            Import CSV (supports multi-line definitions)
       ✨ Highlight saved words across the web
            Automatically highlights vocabulary you've saved
            On/off toggle
            Custom highlight colours (background + text)
       ⏰ Smart reminder notifications
            Optional periodic review reminders
            Adjustable intervals
            Helps build long-term memory
  
  Coming soon: more smart review modes and advanced memorisation tools.
  
  Ver 1.4.1
  We’ve upgraded VocabGlow to store saved words locally in your browser, which gives better capacity and performance while keeping your reminder/highlight settings synced as before. Existing users are protected with a one-time automatic migration plus safe fallback behavior to prevent data loss during the transition, and new users get the same workflow with more room for vocabulary growth. Note for multi-device use: because words are now local to each device, newly added words won’t auto-sync across devices—you’ll need to use export/import to keep word lists aligned.

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https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/, https://api.mymemory.translated.net/, <all_urls>

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