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Open source english dictionary availability
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:35 am
by glenn9
Hi,
I'm interested to see if I can develop a simple 'dictionary' app to look up the definition of a word, and wanted to check if it was known whether there is an open source English dictionary file that can be used to provide the data for this?
Many thanks for any advice.
Kind regards,
Glenn
Re: Open source english dictionary availability
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:58 am
by bogs
Heya glenn9,
Sure there are...
- You just need to ask the right search engine...
Or you can write your own program to create one...
- Take a little off the top...
Re: Open source english dictionary availability
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 12:58 pm
by glenn9
bogs,
many thanks, that was really helpful - I guess I wasn't asking the correct question in the search engine!
Kind regards,
Glenn
Re: Open source english dictionary availability
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:56 pm
by FourthWorld
Thanks, Bogs. The first on that list is in JSON format so it's easy to use, and its license file notes that the author has generously placed it into the public domain. An especially good find.
https://github.com/dwyl/english-words/
Re: Open source english dictionary availability
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:12 pm
by bogs
FourthWorld wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:56 pm
Thanks, Bogs...
Actually, due to me coming across your generous htmToText template function, I chose the route of writing my own as you see pictured above heh heh, so THANK YOU Richard
At the moment, I just submit the word through Merriam-Websters site, cut a little here, a little there, and presto chango as they say.