$ man dictionary-define
/dictionary-define
PRICE / CALL
$0.002
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
wordmintCATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
● live
NAME
dictionary-define — english dictionary / word definition / lookup word / pronunciation / part of speech / synonyms / etymology adjacent
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/dictionary-define
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
English dictionary / word definition / lookup word / pronunciation / part of speech / synonyms / etymology adjacent. Returns part-of-speech-grouped definitions with usage examples and per-sense synonyms, plus IPA phonetic and a pronunciation audio URL when available. Wraps the public Free Dictionary API — no auth, commercial-OK.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| word | string | English word to define (case-insensitive). Single token, no whitespace required for compound words. | required |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| word | string | Headword that was looked up, normalized to lowercase as returned by the Free Dictionary API. |
| phonetic | string | IPA phonetic transcription of the word (e.g. /ˈwɜːrd/), empty string when no phonetic is available. |
| pronunciation_audio_url | string | URL to an MP3 pronunciation clip when one is available, empty string otherwise. |
| meanings | string | Array of part-of-speech groups, each with definitions, usage examples, and per-sense synonyms/antonyms. |
| source | string | Upstream source attribution, set to "Free Dictionary API (dictionaryapi.dev)". |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/dictionary-define \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# MCP packages on npm under # @agentutility/mcp-* (one per cluster) # # Catalog + install: # https://mcp.agentutility.ai # # Or call dictionary-define directly over HTTP — see above.
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- dictionarywordmintdefine-wordpronunciationsynonymsetymologyipa-phoneticword-lookup
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- wordmint
- price
- $0.002 USDC per call
ADJACENT — other endpoints in wordmint
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| cron-explain | Cron expression explainer / cron parser / scheduling translator. | $0.002 |
| cron-parse | Cron parser. | $0.002 |
| embedding-similarity | Embedding similarity / cosine similarity / semantic match / vector compare / are-these-strings-similar. | $0.002 |
| regex-test | Regex tester / pattern matcher / regex playground / verify-a-pattern / match-and-capture extractor. | $0.002 |
| semantic-chunk | Semantic chunker / text splitter / RAG chunker / chunking with overlap / sentence + paragraph aware. | $0.002 |
| text-embedding | Text embedding / vector embedding / semantic vector / Venice embeddings / Gemini embeddings / BGE-M3. | $0.002 |
| thesaurus | Thesaurus / synonyms / antonyms / similar words / rhymes / Datamuse / paraphrasing / query expansion. | $0.002 |
| content-simhash | SimHash / 64-bit content fingerprint / near-duplicate detection / dedup hashing / locality-sensitive hash. | $0.001 |
SEE ALSO