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Collegiate Dictionary API | Merriam-Webster Dictionary API

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary with Audio

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Access Merriam-Webster's flagship dictionary, featuring more than 250,000 authoritative definitions, 111,000 audio pronunciations, and over 3,500 idioms and phrases. Entries for the top 500 most frequently looked-up words (including culture, humility, sycophant) have been enhanced and expanded. Expert usage guidance includes 113,000 examples of words used in context, usage labels (for example, slang, informal, chiefly British), and 130 usage paragraphs.

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JSON

Request URL

https://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/collegiate/json/voluminous?key=your-api-key

Response

"meta":{  
 "id":"voluminous",
 "uuid":"0d01b967-971f-4ec5-8fe0-10513d29c39b",
 "sort":"220130400",
 "src":"collegiate",
 "section":"alpha",
 "stems":[  
    "voluminous",
    "voluminously",
    "voluminousness",
    "voluminousnesses"
 ],
 "offensive":false
},
"hwi":{  
 "hw":"vo*lu*mi*nous",
 "prs":[  
    {  
       "mw":"v\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fc-m\u0259-n\u0259s",
       "sound":{  
          "audio":"volumi02",
          "ref":"c",
          "stat":"1"
       }
    }
 ]
},
"fl":"adjective",
"def":[  
 {  
    "sseq":[  
       [  
          [  
             "sense",
             {  
                "sn":"1 a",
                "dt":[  
                   [  
                      "text",
                      "{bc}having or marked by great {a_link|volume} or bulk {bc}{sx|large||} "
                   ],
                   [  
                      "vis",
                      [  
                         {  
                            "t":"long {wi}voluminous{\/wi} tresses"
                         }
                      ]
                   ]
                ],
                "sdsense":{  
                   "sd":"also",
                   "dt":[  
                      [  
                         "text",
                         "{bc}{sx|full||} "
                      ],
                      [  
                         "vis",
                         [  
                            {  
                               "t":"a {wi}voluminous{\/wi} skirt"
                            }
                         ]
                      ]
                   ]
                }
             }
          ],
          [  
             "sense",
             {  
                "sn":"b",
                "dt":[  
                   [  
                      "text",
                      "{bc}{sx|numerous||} "
                   ],
                   [  
                      "vis",
                      [  
                         {  
                            "t":"trying to keep track of {wi}voluminous{\/wi} slips of paper"
                         }
                      ]
                   ]
                ]
             }
          ]
       ],
       [  
          [  
             "sense",
             {  
                "sn":"2 a",
                "dt":[  
                   [  
                      "text",
                      "{bc}filling or capable of filling a large volume or several {a_link|volumes} "
                   ],
                   [  
                      "vis",
                      [  
                         {  
                            "t":"a {wi}voluminous{\/wi} literature on the subject"
                         }
                      ]
                   ]
                ]
             }
          ],
          [  
             "sense",
             {  
                "sn":"b",
                "dt":[  
                   [  
                      "text",
                      "{bc}writing or speaking much or at great length "
                   ],
                   [  
                      "vis",
                      [  
                         {  
                            "t":"a {wi}voluminous{\/wi} correspondent"
                         }
                      ]
                   ]
                ]
             }
          ]
       ],
       [  
          [  
             "sense",
             {  
                "sn":"3",
                "dt":[  
                   [  
                      "text",
                      "{bc}consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions {bc}{sx|winding||}"
                   ]
                ]
             }
          ]
       ]
    ]
 }
],
"uros":[  
 {  
    "ure":"vo*lu*mi*nous*ly",
    "fl":"adverb"
 },
 {  
    "ure":"vo*lu*mi*nous*ness",
    "fl":"noun"
 }
],
"et":[  
 [  
    "text",
    "Late Latin {it}voluminosus{\/it}, from Latin {it}volumin-, volumen{\/it}"
 ]
],
"date":"1611{ds||3||}",
"ld_link":{  
 "link_hw":"voluminous",
 "link_fl":"adjective"
},
"suppl":{  
 "examples":[  
    {  
       "t":"the building\u0027s high ceilings and {it}voluminous{\/it} spaces"
    },
    {  
       "t":"a writer of {it}voluminous{\/it} output"
    }
 ],
 "ldq":{  
    "ldhw":"voluminous",
    "fl":"adjective",
    "def":[  
       {  
          "sls":[  
             "formal"
          ],
          "sseq":[  
             [  
                [  
                   "sense",
                   {  
                      "dt":[  
                         [  
                            "text",
                            "{bc}very large {bc}containing a lot of space"
                         ]
                      ]
                   }
                ]
             ],
             [  
                [  
                   "sense",
                   {  
                      "sls":[  
                         "of clothing"
                      ],
                      "dt":[  
                         [  
                            "text",
                            "{bc}using large amounts of fabric {bc}very full"
                         ]
                      ]
                   }
                ]
             ],
             [  
                [  
                   "sense",
                   {  
                      "dt":[  
                         [  
                            "text",
                            "{bc}having very many words or pages"
                         ]
                      ]
                   }
                ]
             ]
          ]
       }
    ]
 }
},
"shortdef":[  
 "having or marked by great volume or bulk : large; also : full",
 "numerous",
 "filling or capable of filling a large volume or several volumes"
]

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