dictionaryminer

dictionaryminer

Free English dictionary available for any use (personal or commercial). The current dictionary has definitions for over 210,000+ words.

Contributions are encouraged and welcomed!

Usage

$ python make_dictionary.py
$ python make_dictionary.py --webster
$ python make_dictionary.py --wordnet

Data Structure

{
    "word" : {
        "pronunciation": "Some pronunciation",
        "definitions": {
            "noun": [
                        {
                            "definition": "Some definition",
                            "sentence": "Some sentence"
                        },
                        {
                            "definition": "Another definition",
                            "sentence": "Another sentence",
                        }
                    ],
            "verb": [
                        {
                            "definition": "Some definition",
                            "sentence": "Some sentence"
                        },
                        {
                            "definition": "Another definition",
                            "sentence": "Another sentence",
                        }
                    ]
        }
    }
}

Output Files

The dictionary json files will be created inside the assets folder.

Sources

1. Definition, Part of Speech, Sentence: Wordnet (Princeton Wordnet License)
   • The project uses the wn Python library by Michael Wayne Goodman et al.
2. Definition, Part of Speech, Sentence: Websters's Unabridged Dictionary (Public Domain)
3. Pronunciations: The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University)
   • IPA conversion