Dictionary Lookup
A ruby gem that wraps Pearson dictionary API
Getting started
You can add it to your Gemfile with:
gem 'dictionary_lookup'or
You can install it directly
gem install dictionary_lookup
and then require it
require 'dictionary_lookup'
Usage
You can lookup a word definition by:
results = DictionaryLookup::Base.define("hello")results will contain an array of DictionaryLookup::Definition objects.
results.count # => 1
results.first.part_of_speech # => "noun"
results.first.denotation # => "used as a greeting when you see or meet someone"
results.first.examples # => ["Hello, John! How are you?"]You can specify different dictionary by passing dictionary in config hash. List of available dictionaries could be found here
results = DictionaryLookup::Base.define("hello", {dictionary: "wordwise"})