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A node module for easy access of oxford-dictionary api
Usage: var Dictionary = require("oxford-dictionary-api");
var app_id = "your oxford-account app id"; var app_key = "your oxford-account app key";
var dict = new Dictionary(app_id,app_key);
dict.find("ace",function(error,data){ if(error) return console.log(error); console.log(data); });
Response: Response is a json object from which you can access the required details such as definition,type,audio files,example statements.
{ "metadata": { "provider": "Oxford University Press" }, "results": [ { "id": "ace", "language": "en", "lexicalEntries": [ { "entries": [ { "grammaticalFeatures": [ { "text": "Positive", "type": "Degree" } ], "homographNumber": "001", "senses": [ { "definitions": [ "very good:" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Ace! You've done it!" }, { "text": "an ace swimmer" } ], "id": "m_en_gb0004640.006", "registers": [ "informal" ] } ] } ], "language": "en", "lexicalCategory": "Adjective", "pronunciations": [ { "audioFile": "http://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/ace_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": [ "British English" ], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "eɪs" } ], "text": "ace" }, { "entries": [ { "etymologies": [ "Middle English (denoting the ‘one’ on dice): via Old French from Latin as unity, a unit" ], "grammaticalFeatures": [ { "text": "Singular", "type": "Number" } ], "homographNumber": "000", "senses": [ { "definitions": [ "a playing card with a single spot on it, ranked as the highest card in its suit in most card games:" ], "domains": [ "Cards" ], "examples": [ { "registers": [ "figurative" ], "text": "life had started dealing him aces again" }, { "text": "the ace of diamonds" } ], "id": "m_en_gb0004640.001" }, { "definitions": [ "a person who excels at a particular sport or other activity:" ], "domains": [ "Sport" ], "examples": [ { "text": "a motorcycle ace" } ], "id": "m_en_gb0004640.002", "registers": [ "informal" ], "subsenses": [ { "definitions": [ "a pilot who has shot down many enemy aircraft:" ], "domains": [ "Air Force" ], "examples": [ { "text": "a Battle of Britain ace" } ], "id": "m_en_gb0004640.003", "registers": [ "informal" ] } ] }, { "definitions": [ "(in tennis and similar games) a service that an opponent is unable to return and thus wins a point:" ], "domains": [ "Tennis" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Nadal banged down eight aces in the set" } ], "id": "m_en_gb0004640.004", "subsenses": [ { "definitions": [ "a hole in one:" ], "domains": [ "Golf" ], "examples": [ { "text": "his hole in one at the 15th was Senior's second ace as a professional" } ], "id": "m_en_gb0004640.005", "registers": [ "informal" ] } ] } ] } ], "language": "en", "lexicalCategory": "Noun", "pronunciations": [ { "audioFile": "http://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/ace_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": [ "British English" ], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "eɪs" } ], "text": "ace" }, { "entries": [ { "grammaticalFeatures": [ { "text": "Transitive", "type": "Subcategorization" }, { "text": "Present", "type": "Tense" } ], "homographNumber": "002", "senses": [ { "definitions": [ "(in tennis and similar games) serve an ace against (an opponent):" ], "domains": [ "Tennis" ], "examples": [ { "text": "he can ace opponents with serves of no more than 62 mph" } ], "id": "m_en_gb0004640.007", "registers": [ "informal" ], "subsenses": [ { "definitions": [ "score an ace on (a hole) or with (a shot):" ], "domains": [ "Golf" ], "examples": [ { "text": "there was a prize for the first player to ace the hole" } ], "id": "m_en_gb0004640.008" } ] }, { "definitions": [ "achieve high marks in (a test or exam):" ], "examples": [ { "text": "I aced my grammar test" } ], "id": "m_en_gb0004640.009", "regions": [ "North American" ], "registers": [ "informal" ], "subsenses": [ { "definitions": [ "outdo someone in a competitive situation:" ], "examples": [ { "text": "the magazine won an award, acing out its rivals" } ], "id": "m_en_gb0004640.010", "regions": [ "North American" ] } ] } ] } ], "language": "en", "lexicalCategory": "Verb", "pronunciations": [ { "audioFile": "http://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/ace_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": [ "British English" ], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "eɪs" } ], "text": "ace" } ], "type": "headword", "word": "ace" } ] }
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A node module for easy access of oxford-dictionary-api
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