DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS DATA

Data scraped with spiders from dictionary.com on 2018-03

INSTALL PACKAGE 📦

npm i -S dictionary-definitions-data

USAGE

Zip files containing the data get uncompressed during postinstall.

WORDS INDEX

require('dictionary-definitions-data').loadSync('index')

[ { url: 'http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-a--game',
      text: '\'a\' game',
      letter: '0' },
    { url: 'http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-appen',
      text: '\'appen',
      letter: '0' },
    { url: 'http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-burb',
      text: '\'burb',
      letter: '0' },
    { url: 'http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-burbs',
      text: '\'burbs',
      letter: '0' },
    { url: 'http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-cause',
      text: '\'cause',
      letter: '0' },
    { url: 'http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-cept',
      text: '\'cept',
      letter: '0' },
    { url: 'http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-chine',
      text: '\'chine',
      letter: '0' },
    { url: 'http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-d',
      text: '\'d',
      letter: '0' },
...

LOAD SYNC

var data = require('dictionary-definitions-data').loadSync('a');
console.log(data[1].page_url)

'http://www.dictionary.com/list/a/1'

LOAD ASYNC

require('dictionary-definitions-data').load('b', function(err, data) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(data[1].url)
});

'http://www.dictionary.com/browse/a-and-b'

FIND SYNC EXAMPLE

var _ = require('lodash');
var data = require('dictionary-definitions-data').loadSync('index');
 
function findSync(word) {
  return _.find(data, function(o) {
    return o.text === word.toLowerCase();
  } );
}
findSync('backlogged');

{ letter: 'b',
    url: 'http://www.dictionary.com/browse/backlogged',
    text: 'backlogged' }

FIND ASYNC EXAMPLE

var _ = require('lodash');
var load = require('dictionary-definitions-data').load;
 
function find(word, callback) {
  load(word, function(err, data) {
    if (err) callback(err);
    var result = _.find(data, function(o) {
      return o.key === word.toLowerCase();
    } );
    callback(null, result);
  });
}
find('blogging', function(err, data) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(data.data[0]['source-luna'].definitions[0]);
});   

{ definition:
     [ { content: 'a website containing a writer\'s or group of writers\' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites.',
         number: '1.',
         words: [Object] },
       { content: 'a single entry or post on such a website:',
         number: '2.',
         words: [Object],
         example: 'She regularly contributes a blog to the magazine\'s website.' } ],
    predicate: 'noun' }

RELATED PROJECTS

THESAURUS SYNONYMS DATA

WORDS COUNT

$ for i in a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 index; do wc -l $i.json; done
 13163 a.json
 12591 b.json
 18392 c.json
  9783 d.json
  7009 e.json
  8045 f.json
  7533 g.json
  8930 h.json
  6677 i.json
  2072 j.json
  2926 k.json
  7414 l.json
 11660 m.json
  6205 n.json
  5469 o.json
 16380 p.json
   995 q.json
  8384 r.json
 21310 s.json
 10276 t.json
  4715 u.json
  3090 v.json
  5275 w.json
   250 x.json
   807 y.json
   708 z.json
   745 0.json
246016 index.json

Not sure if it's complete collection of words and definitions or not, but this was before dictionary.com started using React.js and so the spiders are in need of an update before running again to get a fresh dataset. Next release will included an updated dataset! The index supposedly has 45211 more words than the data files do. Hopefully next release will fix issues with inconsistencies.

JSONLINES FORMAT

Look at test.js to find out more about the object structure.

"letter" - str - word begins with this letter
"url" - str - word dictionary.com url
"datetime" - str - datetime when data was downloaded
"audio_urls" - arr - array with audio mp3/ogg url or empty array
"page_number" - str - the pagenumber the word was found on
"page_url" - str - page url to word on dictionary.com
"key" - str - word key
"data" - arr
    "source-luna" - obj
        "sup" - str
        "text" - str
        "variants" - str
        "source" - arr
        "syllable" - str
        "audio_urls" - arr
        "pronounce" - obj
            "spell" - str
            "ipa" - str
        "definitions" - arr
            "predicate" - str
            "definition" - obj
                "number" - str
                "content" - str
                "content_url" - str
                "words" - obj
                    "bold" - str
                    "italic" - str
                    "all_words" - arr
                "example" - str
                "sub_list" - arr
        "more" - arr
            "origin" - obj
                "header" - str
                "content" - str
            "related_forms" - obj
                "header" - str
                "content" - arr
                "syllables" - arr
            "synonyms" - obj
                "header" - str
                "content" - str
            "synonym_study" - obj
                "header" - str
                "content" - str
            "usage_notes" - obj
                "header" - str
                "content" - str
    "source-example-sentences" - obj
        "web_examples" - arr
            "text" - str
            "credit_url" - str
            "credit_name" - str

SAMPLE WORD - backlogged

{
  "letter": "b",
  "url": "http://www.dictionary.com/browse/backlogged",
  "datetime": "2018-03-17 00:03:22",
  "audio_urls": [
    "http://static.sfdict.com/audio/lunawav/B00/B0019300.ogg",
    "http://static.sfdict.com/audio/B00/B0019300.mp3"
  ],
  "page_number": 3,
  "key": "backlogged",
  "data": [
    {
      "source-luna": {
        "source": [
          "Dictionary.com Unabridged",
          "Based on the Random House Dictionary, \\u00a9 Random House, Inc. 2018."
        ],
        "syllable": "back\\u00b7log",
        "text": "backlog",
        "pronounce": {
          "ipa": "/\\u02c8b\\u00e6k\\u02ccl\\u0254g, -\\u02ccl\\u0252g/",
          "spell": "[bak-lawg, -log]"
        },
        "audio_urls": [
          "http://static.sfdict.com/audio/lunawav/B00/B0019300.ogg",
          "http://static.sfdict.com/audio/B00/B0019300.mp3"
        ],
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": [
              {
                "content": "a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business:",
                "number": "1.",
                "words": {
                  "all_words": [
                    "a",
                    "reserve",
                    "or",
                    "accumulation,",
                    "as",
                    "of",
                    "stock,",
                    "work,",
                    "or",
                    "business"
                  ]
                },
                "example": "a backlog of business orders."
              },
              {
                "content": "a large log at the back of a hearth to keep up a fire.",
                "words": {
                  "all_words": [
                    "a",
                    "large",
                    "log",
                    "at",
                    "the",
                    "back",
                    "of",
                    "a",
                    "hearth",
                    "to",
                    "keep",
                    "up",
                    "a",
                    "fire"
                  ]
                },
                "number": "2.",
                "content_url": [
                  "http://www.dictionary.com/browse/log",
                  "http://www.dictionary.com/browse/back"
                ]
              }
            ],
            "predicate": "noun"
          },
          {
            "definition": [
              {
                "content": "to hold in reserve, as for future handling or repair.",
                "number": "3.",
                "words": {
                  "all_words": [
                    "to",
                    "hold",
                    "in",
                    "reserve,",
                    "as",
                    "for",
                    "future",
                    "handling",
                    "or",
                    "repair"
                  ]
                }
              },
              {
                "content": "to enter and acknowledge (an order) for future shipment.",
                "number": "4.",
                "words": {
                  "all_words": [
                    "to",
                    "enter",
                    "and",
                    "acknowledge",
                    "(an",
                    "order)",
                    "for",
                    "future",
                    "shipment"
                  ]
                }
              }
            ],
            "predicate": "verb (used with object) backlogged, backlogging."
          },
          {
            "definition": [
              {
                "content": "to accumulate in a backlog:",
                "number": "5.",
                "words": {
                  "all_words": [
                    "to",
                    "accumulate",
                    "in",
                    "a",
                    "backlog"
                  ]
                },
                "example": "Orders are starting to backlog faster than we can process them."
              }
            ],
            "predicate": "verb (used without object) backlogged, backlogging."
          }
        ],
        "more": [
          {
            "origin": {
              "content": "First recorded in 1675-85; back + log",
              "header": "Origin of backlog"
            },
            "synonyms": {
              "content": "1. supply, stock, store, fund, cache, reservoir.",
              "header": "Synonyms"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "source-example-sentences": {
        "definitions": [],
        "web_examples": [
          {
            "text": [
              "Over 1,000 Iraqis were backlogged \\u2013 waiting for months or even years, stuck in various stages of the process."
            ],
            "credit_name": "Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can\\u2019t Get U.S. Visas - Christine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla",
            "credit_url": "http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/28/obama-went-to-war-to-save-them-but-they-can-t-get-u-s-visas.html?source=dictionary"
          },
          {
            "text": [
              "After 9/11, applications surged and backlogged processing for at times up to a year."
            ],
            "credit_name": "How Did He Get Clearance? - Miranda Green",
            "credit_url": "http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/13/how-did-he-get-clearance.html?source=dictionary"
          },
          {
            "text": [
              "Federal courthouses are backlogged and stuffed to the gills as it is."
            ],
            "credit_name": "The Biggest Lie of All - Michael Tomasky",
            "credit_url": "http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/30/the-biggest-lie-of-all.html?source=dictionary"
          },
          {
            "text": [
              "Meanwhile, the total number of backlogged cases actually grew."
            ],
            "credit_name": "Supreme Court Immigration Ruling in Arizona v. U.S. Got It Backward - Robert M. Morgenthau",
            "credit_url": "http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/11/supreme-court-immigration-ruling-in-arizona-v-u-s-got-it-backward.html?source=dictionary"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "page_url": "http://www.dictionary.com/list/b/3"
}

TESTS

Accepted param --verbose or -v to get detailed output of data being tested.

npm test -- --verbose
# or
npm run test
# or
node ./test.js -v
# or
./test.js

Should say: All tests passed!

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