Quick Word Definition

Stop interrupting your reading. Get instant word definitions while reading - just right-click!

As of May 2026, Quick Word Definition has 160 users and a 4.20/5 rating from 5 reviews in the Education category.

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Ratingdown 16.0 percent16.0%
4.20
5 reviews
Reviewsup 66.7 percent+66.7%
5
Version
1.0.6
Manifest V3

History

5 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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May 30, 20261554.2051.0.6
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Permissions & access

Permissions
contextMenusactiveTabscripting
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

A lightweight and handy Chrome extension that helps you find word definitions instantly while reading articles, blogs, PDFs, or web content. Just right-click on any word and get its meaning, example sentences, pronunciation, phonetics, and more — all in a clean popup without leaving your current page!

Features
🔍 Get word definitions with a simple right-click
📖 Example sentences to understand word usage
🔈 Pronunciation audio support
🧑‍🏫 Phonetics for better understanding
🌐 Works across all websites and PDF readers inside Chrome
⚡ Fast and clean UI experience
🧩 Easy to install and use

How It Works
- Select any word on a webpage or PDF.
- Right-click → Click "Define {selected word} "
- A neat popup shows:
           - Definition
           - Example sentence(s)
           - Pronunciation with audio
           - Phonetics
           - Part of speech and more

To work on locally opened PDFs:
          - Go to chrome://extensions/
          - Find Quick Word Definition and click Details
          - Turn on “Allow access to file URLs”

To enable the keyboard shortcut:
          - Go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts
          - Set up your preferred shortcut (e.g. Ctrl + Q)

Make sure it doesn’t conflict with other shortcuts.

How to use:
          - On web pages: Select a word and press Ctrl + Q to see the definition.
          - On PDFs: Use right-click → Define (keyboard shortcut does not work on PDFs).

Important:
After installing or changing settings, please refresh your browser tabs or restart Chrome to activate the extension.

Technical

Version
1.0.6
Manifest
V3
Size
32.34KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
ooadekjgieccaeacicfkcicbmiknlkbo
Developer ID
ue93bf518e5533bcfcfa35f2db467fae8
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jun 10, 2025
Last Updated (Store)
Jul 3, 2025
Last Scraped
May 30, 2026
Website

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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 30, 2026.