WordLookup displays word definitions on Android
Depending on how you are using your Android phone or tablet, you sometimes may need to look up a word definition.
This can be the case when you are reading an article in your mobile browser of choice, or using one of the other applications on the device.
The problem here is that this is not a straightforward process as on the desktop. On the desktop, you have a couple of options: from browser extensions to programs that run globally.
While you can achieve the same on mobile devices, it is often not as intuitive as it could be.
The free application WordLookup changes this. It runs independent from any application so that you can use it globally on your Android device.
After you have installed it, you can use the share option after you select a word or phrase to display definitions on the screen.
To give you an example. Say you are reading an email in the Gmail application. You stumble upon a word that you want to look up. All that you have to do is long press it to highlight it, select the share icon from the top, and there the WordLookup link.
The definition is then displayed as an overlay on Gmail, so that you do not have to leave the email app to read the definition and then go back to continue reading the email.
This worked well in all applications that I tried, including web browsers, and native apps such as Gmail. As long as text highlighting and sharing is supported, you can use WordLookup in that app.
When you launch the program directly on your device, preferences are displayed to you that you can use to customize it. There are four options here for you to configure:
- Change the popup display length so that the overlay displaying the definitions is displayed for a longer or shorter period of time.
- Define the number of definitions shown on the screen. This is the maximum number, and is set to two by default.
- Toggle Text-to-Speech to read out word pronunciation and definition.
- Do not read definition to only pronounce the word and not the definition.
Closing Words
WordLookup is an unobtrusive application that is compatible with many popular Android applications. The app itself is compatible with all versions of Android from 2.1, and open source on top of all that.
Uhh, this has already been possible – I am not sure how but remember my brother telling me about it. I’m not a whatsapp user so not sure of the specifics, but something about sending the image as a file and somehow bypassing the default compression settings that are applied to inbound photos.
He has also used this to share movies to whatsapp groups, and files 1Gb+.
Like I said, I never used whatsapp, but I know 100% this isn’t a “brand new feature”, my brother literally showed me him doing it, like… 5 months ago?
Martin, what happened to those: 12 Comments (https://www.ghacks.net/chatgpt-gets-schooled-by-princeton-university/#comments). Is there a specific justifiable reason why they were deleted?
Hmm, it looks like the gHacks website database is faulty, and not populating threads with their relevant cosponsoring posts.
The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk that it’s about to be deleted from my ‘daily reads’.
It’s really like “Press Release as re-written by some d*ck for clicks…poorly.” And the subjects are laughable. Can’t wait for “How to search for files on Windows”.
> The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk…
Sadly, I have to agree.
Only Martin and Ashwin are worth subscribing to.
Especially Emre Çitak and Shaun are the worst ones.
If ghacks.net intended “Clickbait”, it would mark the end of Ghacks Technology News.
Ghacks doesn’t need crappy clickbaits. Clearly separate articles from newer authors (perhaps AIs and external sales person or external advertising man) as just “Advertisements”!
We, the subscribers of Ghacks, urge Martin to make a decision.
because nevermore wants to “monetize” on every aspect of human life…
“Threads” is like the Walmart of Social Media.
How hard can it be to clone a twitter version of that as well? They’re slow.
Yes, why not mention how large the HD files can be?
Why, not mention what version of WhatsApp is needed?
These omissions make the article feel so bare. If not complete.
Sorry posted on the wrong page.
such a long article for such a simple matter. Worthless article ! waste of time
I already do this by attaching them via the ‘Document’ option.
I don’t know what’s going on here at Ghacks but it’s obvious that something is broken, comments are being mixed whatever the article, I am unable to find some of my later posts neither. :S
Quoting the article,
“As users gain popularity, the value of their tokens may increase, allowing investors to reap rewards.”
Besides, beyond the thrill and privacy risks or not, the point is to know how you gain popularity, be it on social sites as everywhere in life. Is it by being authentic, by remaining faithful to ourselves or is it to have this particular skill which is to understand what a majority likes, just like politicians, those who’d deny to the maximum extent compatible with their ideological partnership, in order to grab as many of the voters they can?
I see the very concept of this Friend.tech as unhealthy, propagating what is already an increasing flaw : the quest for fame. I won’t be the only one to count himself out, definitely.
@John G. is right : my comment was posted on [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/what-is-friend-tech/] and it appears there but as well here at [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/08/how-to-follow-everyone-on-threads/]
This has been lasting for several days. Fix it or at least provide some explanations if you don’t mind.
> Google Chrome is following in Safari’s footsteps by introducing a new feature that allows users to move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the screen, enhancing user accessibility and interaction.
Firefox did this long before Safari.
Basically they’ll do anything except fair royalties.