nathanaelg16 / define

Dictionary lookups using the command line

DEFINE

Look up word definitions straight from your command line!

Powered by Wordnik and written entirely in Rust.

Installation

1. Clone the repo and install using cargo.

   git clone "https://github.com/nathanaelg16/define.git"
   cd define
   cargo install --path .

2. Obtain a free API key from Wordnik.

3. Run the command and paste the API key when prompted, or supply it via the -apiKey flag.

   

Usage

define -apiKey <api_key>            Stores the API KEY
define <word> [OPTIONS]             Performs a dictionary lookup for the word with the specified options

Options:
    -D --dictionary --dictionaries  [...]    Source dictionaries to return definitions from, separated by a space
    -S --partOfSpeech               [...]    The part of speech of the word whose definition is requested
    -L --limit                      [...]    Maximum number of results to return
    -A --audio                               Request an audio pronunciation of the word
    -R --includeRelated                      Request related words with definitions
    -C --useCanonical                        Tries to return the correct word root (e.g. 'cats' -> 'cat')
    -X --examples                            Request examples for the word
    -F --frequency                  [...]    Request word usage over time
    -H --hyphenation                         Request syllable information for the word
    -P --pronunciation              [...]    Request text pronunciation for the word with the specified pronunciation type
    -T --thesaurus                           Request synonym and antonym information for the word
    -U --usage --help                        Display this usage guide