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