getDefinition

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Access comprehensive word definitions and information effortlessly with our function. Simply provide a word, and swiftly retrieve its definition, synonyms, usage examples, and more.

getDefinition(

)

{
  "output": [
    {
      "word": "earth",
      "phonetic": "/ɜːθ/",
      "phonetics": [
        {
          "text": "/ɜːθ/",
          "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/earth-uk.mp3",
          "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9014381",
          "license": {
            "name": "BY 3.0 US",
            "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
          }
        },
        {
          "text": "/ɝθ/",
          "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/earth-us.ogg",
          "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112429238",
          "license": {
            "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
            "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
          }
        }
      ],
      "meanings": [
        {
          "partOfSpeech": "proper noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "definition": "The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            },
            {
              "definition": "The personification of the Earth or earth, as a fertile woman or goddess.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            }
          ],
          "synonyms": [
            "Mother Earth",
            "Sol III",
            "Terra",
            "globe",
            "world",
            "Middle Earth",
            "Midgard"
          ],
          "antonyms": []
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeech": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "definition": "Soil.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": [],
              "example": "This is good earth for growing potatoes."
            },
            {
              "definition": "Any general rock-based material.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": [],
              "example": "She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth."
            },
            {
              "definition": "The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": [],
              "example": "Birds are of the sky, not of the earth."
            },
            {
              "definition": "A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            },
            {
              "definition": "The lair (as a hole on the ground) of an animal such as fox.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            },
            {
              "definition": "A region of the planet; a land or country.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            },
            {
              "definition": "Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            },
            {
              "definition": "The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            },
            {
              "definition": "The people on the globe.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            },
            {
              "definition": "The human body.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            },
            {
              "definition": "The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            },
            {
              "definition": "Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            }
          ],
          "synonyms": [],
          "antonyms": []
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeech": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "definition": "To connect electrically to the earth.",
              "synonyms": [
                "ground"
              ],
              "antonyms": [],
              "example": "That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed."
            },
            {
              "definition": "To bury.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            },
            {
              "definition": "To burrow.",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            }
          ],
          "synonyms": [
            "ground"
          ],
          "antonyms": []
        }
      ],
      "license": {
        "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
      },
      "sourceUrls": [
        "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Earth",
        "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/earth"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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To use this function in your Ruby application:

1. Install it:

gem install func_live

2. Copy over this snippet:

FuncLive.token = 'FUNC_TOKEN' FuncLive.("getDefinition", "Earth")

3. Make sure to replace FUNC_TOKEN with an actual token from tokens.wakeflow.io

For more information: https://rubygems.org/gems/func_live