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Google Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that can be accessed by using the "define" operator and other similar phrasesTemplate:NoteTag in Google Search.[1] It is also available in Google Translate and in the form of an extension for Google Chrome.The dictionary content is licensed from Oxford University Press's OxfordDictionaries.com.[2][3] It is available in different languages such as English, Spanish and French. The service also contains pronunciation audio, Google Translate, word origin chart, Ngram Viewer, and word games among other features for the English language version.[4][2] Originally available as a standalone service it was integrated into Google Search with the separate service being discontinued in August 2011.

Some words previously available in the English dictionary (and still available on OxfordDictionaries.com) have been removed from the service, entries for all proper nouns and entries with controversial definitions from Oxford have been removed.

Microsoft's Bing also provides a similar dictionary service which licences dictionary data from Oxford Dictionaries as well.[5][6] Apple also licences dictionary data from Oxford for its iOS and macOS products.[7]

History

The service originated in Google Translate, and was launched as a standalone service (google.com/dictionary) in December 2009.[8][9][10] Google displayed definitions from Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary for English until August 2010[9][11] when it switched to the Oxford American College Dictionary.[12]

After being integrated into Google Search the dictionary was discontinued as a separate service on August 5, 2011.[10][13] And can now be accessed by using the "define" operator or by simply searching for the meaning of a word.[1][13] The dictionary service is also still available in Google Translate and can be accessed by selecting a single word.[13] Google has also released the service as an extension for Chrome.[14]

Template:As of Google licenses dictionary data from OxfordDictionaries.com for multiple languages such as British/American English, Spanish and French among others (see below).[3][2]

On Arabic Language Day (December 18) in 2015 Google added an Arabic language dictionary, available globally, to the service that showed definitions, translations, and example usages of the word in a sentence.[15]

In February 2017, online news website Daily Caller accused Google of changing the definition of the word "fascism" in Google Dictionary.[16] It was later found out that the definition was exactly from Oxford with no Google modifications.[17] Google eventually removed "fascism" and related entries like "alt right" from the Dictionary.[6] It has since added feedback options for the dictionary which includes reporting options for "wrong" and "offensive" definitions.[4] It also does not display definitions for proper nouns provided by Oxford Dictionaries, though Bing which also uses Oxford displays all included definitions.[6]

Google added a Hindi dictionary from Rajpal & Sons licensed via Oxford Dictionaries which also supported transliteration and translation to the service in April 2017.[18]

In July 2017, the dictionary was made directly available by typing "dictionary" in Google Search and additional features such as a search box, autocomplete and search history were also added.[1]

In January 2018, a "Similar-sounding words" feature was added to the English dictionary which highlights words that sound similar such as "aesthetic" and "ascetic", "pray" and "prey", "conscientious" and "conscious" etc.[19] "Google Word Coach" vocabulary game was made available along with dictionary searches and as a separate game on mobile devices in February 2018.[20] In August 2018, Google Search added an English and Hindi dictionary for mobile users in India with an option to switch to the English only dictionary.[21]

Languages

Template:List incompleteGoogle displays dictionaries for the following languages[14] licensed from Oxford Dictionaries[3] which provides data from its own and other published dictionaries.

Language Dictionary Publisher Notes Example searchTemplate:Notetag Template:Abbr
Arabic Available worldwide

Search operator: "ما معنى"

ما معنى ايان [15]
Chinese (Simplified) 现代汉语规范词典 [Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian]

(The Standard Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese)

Oxford University Press

Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

Available worldwide define 船 Template:Efn
English (UK) Oxford Dictionary of English

Oxford Thesaurus of English

Oxford University Press Shown in rest of the world define apple [6][22]

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English (US) New Oxford American Dictionary

Oxford Thesaurus of English

Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus

Oxford University Press, Inc. Shown in North America define apple [6][22]

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English-Hindi Oxford Wordpower Dictionary Oxford University Press Shown in India

(only on mobile devices)

define apple [21]

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French Le Petit Robert

Google Translate:

Multidictionnaire de la langue françaiseTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn

Dictionnaires Le Robert

Google Translate:

Les Éditions Québec Amérique Inc.Template:Efn

Available worldwide define légende Template:Efn
German Duden Bibliographisches Institut GmbH Available worldwide define Kraus Template:Efn

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Hindi राजपाल हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Rajpal Hindi Shabdkosh]

(Rajpal Hindi Dictionary)

Rajpal & Sons Available worldwide

Supports transliteration

Operator: "ka matlab"/"ka arth"

chappal ka matlab [18][24]

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Italian Il Devoto–Oli Mondadori Education S.p.A. Available worldwide define attrezzo Template:Efn

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Japanese Available worldwide define こんにちは
Korean 뉴에이스 국어사전 [Nyueiseu Gug-eosajeon]

New Ace Korean Language Dictionary

DIOTEK Available worldwide define 한국어 Template:Efn
Portuguese (Brazil) Houaiss Dictionary of the Portuguese Language Editora Objetiva Available worldwide define alho Template:Efn

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Russian Dictionary of the Russian Language (Ozhegov) "Universe and Education" Publishing House Ltd. Available worldwide define ресторан Template:Efn

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Spanish Diccionario General de la Lengua Española Vox Larousse Editorial SL Available worldwide define trastienda Template:Efn
Thai พจนานุกรมไทย ฉบับทันสมัยและสมบูรณ์

[Phcnanukrm Thiy Chbab Thansmay

Laea Smburn] (Complete Thai Dictionary)

SE-Education Public Company Limited Available worldwide define ด Template:Efn
Turkish Arkadaş Türkçe Sözlük Arkadaş Publishing Ltd Available worldwide define iltifat Template:Efn

See details for Oxford Dictionaries dataset licensing for other languages here.[25]

See also

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External links

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