Lookup word definition in Android
I moved over from iOS to Android a while ago, and overall am very happy with Android.
However, one iOS feature I miss quite a bit is the system-wide word lookup feature, whereby if you are reading something anywhere in the OS you can select a word and click on define to quickly retrieve the definition from the built in dictionary: http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/06/access-dictionary-ios-look-up-words/
Are there any good apps which add this functionality to Android?
I know of an Android app called "WordLookup" which seeks to emulate this. But I don't really like it because you can't manually control the amount of time the definition stays on screen.
I also know that in Chrome you can select a word and hit the search button to do a web search. This sometimes results in a definition within the Google search results. But the keyword here is "sometimes", and this does not help when you are offline.
I'm surprised that dictionary apps I have tried in Android so far don't offer this functionality via the share menu.
So I was wondering if there is anything else available? Perhaps there is a dictionary app that offers this, but I just have not tried it yet.
I moved over from iOS to Android a while ago, and overall am very happy with Android.
However, one iOS feature I miss quite a bit is the system-wide word lookup feature, whereby if you are reading something anywhere in the OS you can select a word and click on define to quickly retrieve the definition from the built in dictionary: http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/06/access-dictionary-ios-look-up-words/
Are there any good apps which add this functionality to Android?
I know of an Android app called "WordLookup" which seeks to emulate this. But I don't really like it because you can't manually control the amount of time the definition stays on screen.
I also know that in Chrome you can select a word and hit the search button to do a web search. This sometimes results in a definition within the Google search results. But the keyword here is "sometimes", and this does not help when you are offline.
I'm surprised that dictionary apps I have tried in Android so far don't offer this functionality via the share menu.
So I was wondering if there is anything else available? Perhaps there is a dictionary app that offers this, but I just have not tried it yet.