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#As the name suggests, the function returns you the definition and example of the sought English word
#(or breaks if it can't find the word because the API uses different columns for successful and invalid searches)
#usage: dict word
#usage: dict "word with space"
def dict [word: string] {
let link = (build-string 'https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/' ($word|str find-replace ' ' '%20'))
# Function querying free online English dictionary API for definition of given word(s)
def dict [...word #word(s) to query the dictionary API but they have to make sense together like "martial law", not "cats dogs"
] {
let query = ($word | str collect %20)
let link = (build-string 'https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/' ($query|str find-replace ' ' '%20'))
let output = (fetch $link |
rename word)
let w = ($output.word | first)
let w = ($output.word | first)
if $w == "No Definitions Found" {echo $output.word} {echo $output |
if $w == "No Definitions Found" {echo $output.word} {echo $output |
get meanings.definitions |
select definition example
}