Google Dictionary

Google Dictionary was an online dictionary service of Google that was accessible with the "define" operator and other similar phrases in Google Search. It was also available in Google Translate and as a Google Chrome extension. The dictionary content was licensed from Oxford University Press's Oxford Languages. It was available in different languages, such as English, Spanish and French. The service also contained pronunciation audio, Google Translate, a word origin chart, Ngram Viewer, and word games, among other features for the English-language version. Originally available as a standalone service, it was integrated into Google Search, with the separate service discontinued in August 2011. As of 2026, a discrete pre-defined definition result within a Google search has been replaced by an "AI overview" result. Microsoft's Bing provides a similar dictionary service that also licenses dictionary data from Oxford Languages. Apple also licenses dictionary data from Oxford for its iOS and macOS products.