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STANDS4 Web Services - Dictionary Definitions API

The Dictionary Definitions API from STANDS4 enables you to get dictionary defnitions information for a given word.

Request URL

http://www.abbreviations.com/services/v1/defs.aspx

Request parameters

Parameter	Value	Default value	Description
tokenid	string (required)		Your valid developer token id
word	string (required)		The word you would like to get dictionary definitions for

Sample request URL

http://www.abbreviations.com/services/v1/defs.aspx?tokenid=tk324324&word=consistent

Response Elements

Field	Description
results	Contains all of the query responses
result	Contains each individual response
term	The term this result is referring to
definition	A definition for the specific sense
partofspeech	adj, verb etc.
example	Usage example for the word

Sample response

Rate Limit

The Definitions API service is currently limited to 1,000 queries for a developer token per day.