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"
}
]
}