The translation pioneer's new dictionary offers clearer content and a cleaner experience to promote meaningful learning and literacy
Reverso, the global leader in online language tools, has expanded its pioneering translation platform with a disruptive new English dictionary for its website and apps: Reverso Define (https://dictionary.reverso.net/). Providing clear, concise definitions for over 500,000 meanings and growing, Reverso Define is built to make it easier for native and non-native users to understand English.
https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2748380/Reverso_Define_definition_of_CULTURE_on_desktop.jpg
“Our mission in creating Reverso Define is as clear as its new definitions: to help everyone grow their vocabulary and increase literacy in a fun and simple way,” said Théo Hoffenberg, founder and CEO of Reverso. “Reverso Define is reimagining the dictionary as a digital-first companion, delivering quick, rich-and unlike chatbots-consistent information about English words, all just one click away and easily saved for deeper learning.”
Combining the rigor of linguistics, power of data, best practices in education, and assurance of meticulous review, Reverso Define provides a host of AI-powered features:
— Shorter definitions illustrated with real-world examples, context labels, and synonyms for every meaning
— Comprehensive coverage: over 100,000 expressions and idioms, 5,000 abbreviations, and extensive slang, technical language, and more
— Instant results for 98% of lookups, includinginflected forms and phrases as headwords
— Clickable links on every word in definitionsfor effortless exploration
— Pronunciationsfor every definition, meaning, and example in American and British English
— Images for 50,000+ meanings, especially high-frequency concrete nouns
— Regular revision, with approximately 10,000 meanings upgraded each update
— Immediate,cross-referenceable translation in Reverso's 25+ languages
Developed by Reverso's team of language specialists, data scientists, and engineers and backed by the company's nearly 30 years of innovation in language technology, Reverso Define offers a clean experience seamlessly integrated into Reverso's all-in-one language ecosystem.
Perfect for English as both a first and foreign language, Reverso Define enables teachers to easily create thematic and leveled word lists, which students can study using quizzes, flashcards, and multimodal listening and pronunciation practice tools. With one tap, everyday users get short and sweet definitions in a snap-whether reading articles, writing, emailing, texting, or watching videos online.
“Most of today's electronic dictionaries have evolved from traditional dictionaries. They were not created specifically for on-screen reading,” said Dr. Ana Frankenberg-Garcia, member of the editorial board of Oxford Academic's International Journal of Lexicography and longtime contributor to renowned dictionaries. “Reverso is a new English dictionary designed to help you understand unfamiliar words and expressions with minimal disruption while concentrating on what you are reading.”
Reverso Define is free and now available on the web (https://dictionary.reverso.net/) and app (https://context.reverso.net/translation/mobile-app/) as well as through Reverso's desktop downloads and browser extensions.
In June, Reverso released a new version of its award-winning app, Reverso Translate and Learn, the first of its kind able to be set as the default translator in devices running iOS 18.4 and later.
About Reverso
Reverso is a global leader in online translation and language tools, helping millions of people and professionals read, write, learn, and communicate across the world's languages. For over 100 language combinations, Reverso provides AI-powered contextual voice, image, text, and document translation and an all-in-one learning ecosystem with a top grammar checker and user-first English dictionary. Each month, it serves over 50 million active users on the web, 5 million app users, and 5 million users in corporate environments.
Press ContactJohn Kelly Boldsquare john.kelly@boldsquare.com
https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2701702/Reverso_Logo.jpg
https://c212.net/c/img/favicon.png?sn=CL49202&sd=2025-08-12
View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reverso-launches-reverso-define-an-english-dictionary-built-for-the-modern-user-and-learner-302527245.html
SOURCE Reverso
https://rt.newswire.ca/rt.gif?NewsItemId=CL49202&Transmission_Id=202508120900PR_NEWS_USPR_____CL49202&DateId=20250812