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Free Dictionary

Looks up English words and returns definitions, phonetics, synonyms, antonyms, and examples. Useful for writing apps, vocabulary tools, NLP tasks, and auto-generating glossaries.

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You can access the Free Dictionary programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "words": ["hello"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/free-dictionary").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Free Dictionary API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Free Dictionary API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Free Dictionary API in JavaScript

Free Dictionary API through CLI

Free Dictionary OpenAPI definition

Free Dictionary API

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