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Access Google Define in One Click

When I’m reading an article online and I come across a word that I don’t understand, I usually jump to Google and type in “define: <word>”. In a similar way to looping YouTube videos and Autoscrolling web pages, I decided to shorten this process to a single click of a bookmarklet. Simply highlight the word and click the bookmarklet.

javascript:function getSelectionText(){var e="";return window.getSelection?e=window.getSelection().toString():document.selection&&"Control"!=document.selection.type&&(e=document.selection.createRange().text),e}var text=getSelectionText();""!=text&&void window.open("https://www.google.com/search?q=define:"+text,"_blank");

Drag and drop the above code into your Bookmark bar and have quick access to word definitions!

Selection detection courtesy of Stackoverflow

Enjoy :)