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Look up word definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, and antonyms using the Oxford Dictionaries API.
Get definition
Look up a word's part of speech, pronunciation, and definitions.
Inputs
- Word
wordtextRequired - Word to look up.
- Language
source_langtext - Language/region code, for example 'en-gb' or 'en-us'.Default:
en-gb.
Outputs
definitionslist- Definitions, in order
part_of_speechtext- Part of speech, for example 'noun' or 'verb'
pronunciationtext- Phonetic (IPA) spelling, if available
wordtext- The matched headword. Empty if not found.
Example output
{
"definitions": [
"present, appearing, or found everywhere"
],
"part_of_speech": "adjective",
"pronunciation": "ju\u02d0\u02c8b\u026akw\u026at\u0259s",
"word": "ubiquitous"
}Get synonyms
Look up synonyms and antonyms for a word.
Inputs
- Word
wordtextRequired - Word to look up.
- Language
source_langtext - Language/region code, for example 'en-gb' or 'en-us'.Default:
en-gb.
Outputs
antonymslist- Antonyms for the word
synonymslist- Synonyms for the word
wordtext- The matched headword. Empty if not found.
Example output
{
"antonyms": [
"sad",
"unhappy"
],
"synonyms": [
"glad",
"joyful",
"content"
],
"word": "happy"
}