📚 AutoDefine Oxford Learner's Dictionaries - define Eng words in bulk / batch

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Auto-fetches Oxford Learner's Dictionaries definitions, examples, phonetics, audio, verb forms, and optional image links into Anki notes in bulk, without requiring an API key.
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Votes
54 (👍 52 · 👎 2)
Updated
2025-11-16
Anki versions
25.09.2~
License
GPL-2.0 (from the GitHub repository)
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Languages
Python, CSV, Jupyter Notebook, YAML, XML, TSV, JSON, Makefile, Common Lisp
Description language
en

Maintenance

stale

  • Last update or commit: 2026-04-05 (210 days before the snapshot).
  • Test files: 65.
  • GitHub Actions workflows: 1.
  • Commits in the last year: 10.
  • Issues: 7 open, 27 closed.
  • Pull requests: 0 open, 9 merged.
  • Median first response: 430 hours (34 answered issues and pull requests).
  • Outside pull requests: 75% of 8 merged.
  • Forks that may still be maintained: "MultiDefine" (755799523).

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🔍 AutoDefine - Automatically define vocabulary words, pronunciations, images original likely abandoned 9 Nov 2023 👍 56 · 👎 11 73% 62
↳ 📚 AutoDefine Oxford Learner's Dictionaries - define Eng words in bulk / batch this addon (AI-detected; may be wrong) likely stale 5 Apr 2026 👍 52 · 👎 2 87% 27
↳ MultiDefine (AI-detected; may be wrong) likely active 12 Sep 2026 👍 0 · 👎 0 – 0

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Description

  • Auto-fetches Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries data (definition, usage examples, phonetics, audio, irregular verb forms, and optional image search links) with no API key required—just click the AutoDefine button in the Add dialog or editor.
  • It’s strictly English-to-English, which helps intermediate/advanced learners progress faster.
  • Ships with a ready-to-use “AutoDefineOxfordLearnersDictionary” note type and can also map to your custom fields, so setup takes seconds whether you use the default or your own layout.
  • Removes the study word from the reverse card examples while keeping a hint for the first letters, encouraging active recall before revealing the answer.
  • Supports “Define in bulk” directly from the Browse window, letting you queue dozens of notes and populate them in one run.

AutoDefine Oxford Learner's Dictionaries - modification of AutoDefine https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2136497008 that uses https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ as a source of word definitions

In case of any problems open an issue here https://github.com/artyompetrov/AutoDefine_oxfordlearnersdictionaries/issues

Updates:

  • fixed some bugs
  • added bulk autodefine
  • added linux and macOS support (thanks to ivan-gorin)
  • added phonetics (IPA) field support (thanks to Bahchi)
  • added pronunciation field support (thanks to Bahchi)
  • fixed audio support for iPhone AnkiMobile Flashcards app. (thanks to tvhong)
If you like it, please, leave positive feedback ;)

If you have any proposals, please create a request via GitHub: https://github.com/artyompetrov/AutoDefine_oxfordlearnersdictionaries/issues instead of leaving negative feedback.

README

AutoDefine Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Anki Add-On

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An add-on to Anki that auto-defines words, optionally adding images. Visit ankisrs.net if you're unfamiliar with Anki and spaced repetition systems.

Only tested on Anki 2.1.x.

Note: This add-on uses Oxford Learner's Dictionaries to get definitions. Html parsing method is used, no API key required.

Anki Add-On page

Configuration

  1. Install the add-on and restart Anki.
  2. Open Tools → Add-ons → AutoDefine Oxford Learner's Dictionaries → Config to adjust settings.
  3. With USE_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE enabled (default) the add-on creates a note type named AutoDefineOxfordLearnersDictionary and switches to it automatically. This note type already contains fields for the word, definition, audio, phonetics, verb forms and image, so no manual setup is required.
  4. If you prefer to use your own note type, disable USE_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE and set the field numbers to match your layout. Field numbers are zero‑based: the first field is 0, the second is 1, etc.
    • SOURCE_FIELD – field containing the word to define.
    • DEFINITION_FIELD, AUDIO_FIELD, PHONETICS_FIELD, VERB_FORMS_FIELD, IMAGE_FIELD – fields that will receive generated content.
  5. Click Restore Defaults in the configuration dialog if you run into errors or want to start over.

For a full list of options see AutoDefineAddon/config.md.

Usage

Enter a word in the source field and click the add-on button or press Ctrl+Alt+E (default). The add-on will fill the configured fields with definition, audio and other information.

License & Credits

Code licensed under GPLv2

Originally was based on https://github.com/z1lc/AutoDefine but then was overwritten

Uses https://github.com/NearHuscarl/oxford-dictionary-api