define: Retrieve the dictionary definition of an English word

In dictionaRy: Retrieve the Dictionary Definitions of English Words

Description

Retrieve the dictionary definition of an English word

Usage

define(word)

Arguments

word	The word you wish to define

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)

dictionaRy documentation built on Jan. 11, 2022, 1:06 a.m.