cambridge-dictionary-api

cambridge-dictionary-api

Description

A powerful yet lightweight Node.js package for fetching word definitions, pronunciations and usage examples from the Cambridge Dictionary. Perfect for language learning apps, AI-driven assistants, and NLP projects.

Installation

npm install cambridge-dictionary-api

Usage

import { fetchDictionaryWord } from 'cambridge-dictionary-api';

const result = await fetchDictionaryWord('abandon');
console.log(result);

📖 Example

{
  "word": "abandon",
  "dialects": {
    "us": {
      "audio": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/media/english/us_pron/a/aba/aband/abandon.mp3",
      "phonetic": "/əˈbæn.dən/"
    },
    "uk": {
      "audio": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/media/english/uk_pron/u/uka/uka__/uka____013.mp3",
      "phonetic": "/əˈbæn.dən/"
    }
  },
  "definitions": [
    {
      "definition": "to leave a place, thing, or person, usually forever:",
      "partOfSpeech": "verb",
      "level": "B2",
      "examples": [
        "We had to abandon the car.",
        "By the time the rebel troops arrived, the village had already been abandoned.",
        "As a baby he was abandoned by his mother.",
        "We were sinking fast, and the captain gave the order to abandon ship."
      ]
    },
    {
      "definition": "to stop doing an activity before you have finished it:",
      "partOfSpeech": "verb",
      "level": "C1",
      "examples": [
        "The game was abandoned at halftime because of the poor weather conditions.",
        "They had to abandon their attempt to climb the mountain.",
        "The party has now abandoned its policy of unilateral disarmament."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "derivedForms": {
    "noun": ["abandonment"]
  }
}

Author

Vladyslav Braslavskyi GitHub

License

Licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.