Package {dictionaRy}

Type:	Package
Title:	Retrieve the Dictionary Definitions of English Words
Version:	0.1.1
Depends:	jsonlite, tibble
Maintainer:	Steve Condylios <steve.condylios@gmail.com>
BugReports:	https://github.com/stevecondylios/dictionaRy/issues
URL:	https://github.com/stevecondylios/dictionaRy
Description:	An R interface to the 'Free Dictionary API' https://dictionaryapi.dev/, https://github.com/meetDeveloper/freeDictionaryAPI. Retrieve dictionary definitions for English words, as well as additional information including phonetics, part of speech, origins, audio pronunciation, example usage, synonyms and antonyms, returned in 'tidy' format for ease of use.
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding:	UTF-8
RoxygenNote:	7.1.2
NeedsCompilation:	no
Packaged:	2022-01-08 05:00:29 UTC; st
Author:	Steve Condylios [aut, cre], Zane Dax [ctb]
Repository:	CRAN
Date/Publication:	2022-01-10 17:52:47 UTC

Retrieve the dictionary definition of an English word

Description

Retrieve the dictionary definition of an English word

Usage

define(word)

Arguments

Value

A tibble with a row for each unique combination of word, meaning, part of speech, and definition. And a column for:

• "original" The original word input.

• "word" The word found in the dictionary (may have alternative spelling to the original word input).

• "meaning_number" Integer column; each meaning is numbered.

• "part_of_speech" The word's part of speech.

• "phonetic" The pronunciation of the word as expressed in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

• "audio" A link to an mp3 audio file providing the word's pronunciation.

• "origin" The word's origin.

• "definition" The word's definition.

• "example" An example of the word's usage.

• "synonyms" A list of synonyms, if available.

• "antonyms" A list of antonyms, if available.

Examples

## Not run: 
  # Get the definition of "hello"
  define("hello") # Returns a 3 row data.frame

  # Homonyms (words with >1 meaning)
  define("bark") # Returns a 9 row data.frame

  # Unknown words will return a 0 row data.frame and message
  define("sdfsdfsdfsdfsdf")
  # No definition found for sdfsdfsdfsdfsdf


## End(Not run)