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A Merriam-Webster Dictionary Gem for getting the word of the day and searching definitions for words
-- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1DsQGNnf6k&feature=youtu.be
gem 'dictionary'
or in a new terminal window...
$ git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/DICTIONARY-CLI-FOLDER
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install dictionary
Search in the command line for a word and recieve its definition as well as the Word of the Day! After forking this repo and getting the gem installed, open a new terminal window and 'cd' to the /dictionary-cli folder you just cloned. When inside the folder, run './bin/dictionary' in the command prompt.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/dictionary. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Everyone interacting in the Dictionary project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.
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We found that dictionary_search demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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