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Is there a public API which would let me lookup definitions for words ? I've been searching for this for a bit but it's getting mixed up with the dictionary datastructure. I'm planing on using it in a c# app.
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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary API is free as long as it is for non-commercial use, usage does not exceed 1000 queries per day per API key, and use is limited to two reference APIs.
Free, immediate accessFor the first time, we're offering you free, self-service access to our dictionary data so you can quickly and easily incorporate our lexical data in your apps via one single API.
An online version was launched in 2000. Now the third edition of the ever increasing dictionary is in production, with an expected publication date some time in the 2030s. It already features 600,000 words, three million quotations, and covers more than 1,000 years of English.
And open or copyright-free sources include older works like the 1889 Century Dictionary or the Standard Dictionary of 1893. Despite wide availability of definitions online, printed dictionaries continue to engender devoted readers.
If you are language agnostic, you could try
Ruby WordNet
http://deveiate.org/projects/Ruby-WordNet/
and check out the WordNet project in general,
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/
for .NET...
http://opensource.ebswift.com/WordNet.Net/
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