SelectionSK for Chrome

The name of Selection SK for Chrome might not make you understand what this extension wants to actually offer, yet it's so obvious that you won't even believe it. It's a simple Chrome add-on that aims to please those lazy individuals who'd like to have a list of actions displayed every time a piece of text is selected within the browser. Selecting any text while having this add-on activated will instantly display tools for dealing with your selection.

The extension itself is very simple to understand and use. It represents a drop-down list of tools that could aid you in processing a selected piece of text. You've got actions such as copy and copy as plain text popping out instantly. No need to right-click anything or use any other key combination. Highlight the whole text in the same way. Send something via e-mail in a jiffy. Go more advanced and translate your piece of text. Google Translate, Yandex Translate, or Urban Dictionary are there to help you at any given time.

If none of the above options are what you're looking for, you should know that you can further investigate your selected text's meaning by using even more language-related tools. You could simply search the word combination via any of the well-known search engines. See what pops out and if it is of any real interest. Finally, use professional dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster to identify more than just the meaning of the words themselves, but their provenience and usage evolution.

It's amazing how nowadays we get more and more apps and extensions that aim to make it slightly easier for us to go the extra mile and find out more about objects, ideas, words that would otherwise be left unknown on account of the little time we've got to spend on actually researching what we do.