I've created this website mainly to lookup the word pronunciation in "Standard American Accent", and to see usage examples.
Why another dictionary:
I wanted to make it as fast as I can possibly can, because existing online dictionaries that I use every other day seem to be slow for me.
The other reason is somewhat alien IPA versions some websites have, along with super custom symbolic systems that should convey sounds. Honestly, I'm lost beyond IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). I very much like the version of IPA that is used in "American Pronouncing Dictionary", since it's only adds a few symbols for the "R"-related sounds, and my personal opinion is that it does a very good job of conveying Standard American Pronunciation.
This dictionary consists of three main parts:
Word usage examples taken from books in public domain: Project Guttenberg
Pronunciation is taken from The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary
Word meanings and synonyms are taken from WordNet by Princeton University.
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