Free Online English Dictionaries

Check the meaning of words/phrases in these web-based dictionaries


Free Online English Dictionaries

This page lists free searhable online English dictionaries that you can use to locate the meaning of English words and phrases. Some of the dictionaries also list variant UK and UK spelling, phonetic transcriptions (from which you can learn how to pronounce the word), audio clips with the word pronounced that you can play, example sentences using that particular word or phrase, and so on.

Note that I know that there are many free dictionary sites on the Internet. However, I only list the sites of reliable, known English dictionary publishers who also allow Internet users to search their dictionaries online for free. Please do not send me links to some third party site that scrape content from the major dictionary publishers. I don't want such sites polluting this page. Nor do I want to list unknown dictionary sites that have created their own definitions.

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Free Online English Dictionaries

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Cambridge Dictionaries Online allow you to search through a number of dictionaries, including the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, the Cambridge Dictionary of American English, the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms, as well as the Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Their French to English and Spanish to English translating dictionaries are also searchable online. The default dictionary provides phonetic transcriptions for the words you search as well, so it can be useful if you need to check the pronunciation of words. Variant spellings of words, such as the different US and UK spelling of some words, are also clearly marked in the dictionary entries. Examples for each headword is also given.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

This is a searchable interface to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. In spite of its name, the dictionary has definitions for a very large British and American words and phrases. It has phonetic transcriptions for every word as well as example sentences. Variant spelling, as well as differences in the way a word is used in British English and American English, is also noted.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

This site allows you to search through the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. The dictionary entries provide examples and phonetic transcriptions for selected headwords, as well as variant British and American English spelling.

Merriam-Webster Online: Dictionary and Thesaurus

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Thesaurus, Spanish-English Dictionary and Medical Dictionary can be searched online via this site's interface. Although variant spelling is noted, the dictionary does not clearly state which spelling is US and which UK. You can however assume that all headwords are given in US spelling and any variant that they mention as the UK spelling. Phonetic transcriptions are given for each word, along with a playable audio pronunciation.

Compact Oxford English Dictionary

This is a searchable online interface to the Compact Oxford English Dictionary. The dictionary is terse and provides little information other than a brief definition and variant US spelling if any. The page I link to above also allows you to search the Concise Dictionary of First Names and The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

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