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Merriam-Webster's School Dictionary with Audio (Grades 9-11)

API Product Description

A dictionary written especially for students grades 9–11, ages 14 and up. More than 100,000 fully updated entries, including thousands of new words and meanings ranging from technical vocabulary of science to everyday language of today's culture. More than 28,000 usage examples, 500 synonym paragraphs, and 200 word history paragraphs clarify meanings.

Data features available in this reference:

• Definitions
• Examples
• Etymologies and word history paragraphs
• Synonym paragraphs
• Pronunciation symbols
• Audio pronunciations (coming soon)
• Spelling suggestions (coming soon)

Formats available:

• XML
• JSON (Coming soon)

Query options:

• Keyword: main headword

API Request URL

XML: http://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v1/references/sd4/xml/baseball?key=[YOUR KEY GOES HERE]

Example XML Response

<entry id="baseball"> <hw>base*ball</hw> <pr>ˈbās-ˌbȯl</pr> <fl>noun</fl> <def> <dt>:a game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players each on a field with four bases that mark the course a runner must take to score</dt> <sd>also</sd> <dt>:the ball used in this game</dt> </def> </entry>

Documentation

• XML tag description
• DTD
• Example XSL for converting XML to HTML (Coming soon)

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