Dictionary pages

Word pages

A word page lists every dictionary entry written that way. The first entry is open and the others are collapsed to their headword and first meaning; click one to open it. With three or more entries, a row of headwords at the top jumps to each.

Meanings may come with example sentences and usage notes written by AI. They are marked Generated (experimental) and can contain mistakes.

Signed in, the entry header has an Add to deck button and Level & progress, which shows how the word ranks for you and why. See Levels and progress.

An open entry shows:

• the headword with its part of speech, whether a noun is countable, whether a verb is a phrasal verb, its pronunciation in British and American English and your level for it
• the meanings, with labels such as informal or figurative
• the forms of the word: the plural of a noun, the past, past participle and -ing form of a verb, the comparative and superlative of an adjective
• example sentences, translated into your language where a translation exists
• definitions from an English dictionary, once some of the meanings are translated into your language

Word forms

Under the meanings, Forms lists the other forms of the word: the plural of a noun, the he/she/it form, past, past participle and -ing form of a verb, and the comparative and superlative of an adjective. Irregular forms such as went, children or better are listed the same way. Each form opens its own popup.

Searching any form finds the word it belongs to: went finds go, mice finds mouse. A phrasal verb such as look after has its own entry, and searching look after finds it.

Meanings in your language

When your language of explanations is not English, meanings that have been translated into it replace the English ones. These translations are made by machine and carry a small, dim translation icon. They can be wrong. Meanings without a translation stay in English.

Example sentences and usage notes written by AI, and the AI explanations in popups, are written in that language too. An entry whose examples have not been written in it yet shows the English ones until they are.

English words are explained in English, and the words of a meaning that is still in English open popups. When some of an entry's meanings have been translated, the English dictionary follows the entry with the English definitions, whose words open popups too. The study options can put it first, or hide it in popups or everywhere.