AutoDefine simplifies finding definitions and pronunciations for words. Just install AutoDefine, click the blue globe (or use the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+E), and see all pronunciations and definitions appear within the card instantly! Configuration options allow you to specify which field the pronunciation / definitions will be inserted in.
AutoDefine is optimized for use with an individual word/note at a time. If you want to generate many definitions at once, I recommend EasyDefine (it scales well to hundreds of words).
Created by Robert Sanek. Licensed under GPLv2. See GitHub for the source. If you find any bugs, please file an issue.
NOTE: This add-on uses Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary with Audio API to get definitions and pronunciations. This requires you sign up for a Merriam-Webster account and use your own individual API access key. Go to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary API website, sign up for an account, and request access to the Collegiate Dictionary. Then, in Anki, go to Tools>Add-Ons>AutoDefine>Edit… and replace YOUR_KEY_HERE with your unique API key.
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Reviews (29)
👍 2025-12-22
Thank you for the add-on, it makes adding words and their definitions to custom decks much easier. Something that could be improved is the formatting of the definitions when there are several of them in a multi-level list. For example, with the word girdle (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/girdle), the formatting does not really make it clear that definition 1 has three subcategories (1.a, 1.b., and 1.c). Another suggestion for improvement is to allow to fill an additional field with t
👍 2025-08-29
Working perfectly
👍 2025-08-14
It would literally be PERFECT if you could add synonym functionality!!!!!!!
👍 2025-08-10
Is there any way to autodefine multiple cards at once?
👍 2024-10-25
the best ever
👍 2024-06-20
Works perfectly
👍 2023-09-07
Works as described. I wish it could also get example sentences as well.
👍 2023-02-20
Great addon!
Now we just need an option to choose another dictionary source : ) .
👍 2022-07-15
Love this fully functional and very useful add-on, the best I’ve had so far.
Keep it up!!!
👍 2022-06-05
One of the best add-ons I have used in my life. Love it! :3
👍 2022-03-16
When I click on the ‘e’ icon, the resulting phonetic transcription is incomplete. Please give a solution
n. -ˌbȯl\
👍 2021-12-01
Good addon but it should really batch define all the selected cards rather than doing one by one click
👍 2021-10-27
very usefulll without rivalry
👍 2021-07-18
Very good - I use note ids as my first field and I didn’t realise I could simply highlight the word to do the lookup until I noticed this in the code. To anyone whose word will not be the first field, you can just use a text editor to change the 0 in the _get_word function in autodefine.py to the index that works for you (in my case ‘1’).
👍 2021-07-14
Thank you so much for making this add-on
👍 2021-06-27
Does it support Oxford Dictionaries? or can I add it?
👍 2021-06-06
Works perfectly. But, how can I add individual buttons? There is no example in the description. By the way, Please add Learner’s dictionary definition option too, because it is better for English learners like me. Thank you.
👍 2021-03-14
Thanks for this great plugin, It saved me so much trouble. Is it possible to add images to it? I think it is included in API
👍 2020-12-13
Thanks for this app, helps a lot !
Would it be possible to add synonyms as well?
Somehow it’s possible to add definitions in the massive way?
👍 2020-11-04
works great! thanks a lot
👍 2020-07-05
Can Oxford Dictionary Support be added from https://www.lexico.com.
👍 2020-06-10
can i use learner dictionary API instead COLLEGIATE dictionary API
👍 2020-05-29
This is great, but I really miss the option to define a great number of words at once..Please can you make it ?
👍 2020-05-26
Very clear installation steps. Thanks for the vid.
👍 2020-05-03
Amazing
👍 2020-04-10
So far so good! Really nice
👍 2020-03-25
Thank you so much
👍 2020-02-20
Great work! It saves us tremendous time. Thanks for sharing with us.
👍 2020-02-14
thank you, it’s quite helpful.
