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They charge $10 for delivery.
ask someone to pay
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Context-aware word explanations
Not every definition. Just the one this sentence needs.
Select a word on any page. Readcue reads the nearby sentence, chooses the sense that fits, and explains it in your language.
One best-matching sense
Recognizes fixed phrases
10 explanation languages
Context changes the answer
One word. Three sentences. Three meanings.
Readcue reads the sentence first, then shows only the sense that fits.
Charge the battery overnight.
put electricity into a battery
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Police charged him with theft.
formally accuse someone
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Sense, fixed phrases, and pronunciation stay beside the original sentence, in any of 10 explanation languages.
charge
/tʃɑːrdʒ/ · verb
To ask someone to pay a price.
The sense that fits
Instead of listing the whole dictionary, Readcue uses the nearby sentence to choose the most likely meaning.
make
a decision
choose after thinking
Fixed phrases stay together
Phrases such as “make a decision” and “keep up with” are explained as a unit, not as disconnected words.
- What this says
- Sentence structure
- Full translation
Unpack the sentence when needed
If the word is not enough, open the gist, structure, and full translation. The extra detail stays out of the way until then.
How it works
Select. Read the context. Get the answer.
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Select one word
Highlight a word you are unsure about on any web page.
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Readcue reads around it
It uses the selection and nearby sentence to identify the part of speech, sense, and fixed phrase.
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The card shows the explanation that fits. Open the full sentence analysis only when you need it.
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You choose it in the popup. Ten languages, including Traditional Chinese, English, and Japanese. The page you are reading stays as it is.
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Lookups send the selected text and the nearby sentence to the Readcue API so the model can write the card. See Privacy.
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