Terminal Dictionary
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#Define
Define is a terminal dictionary script that uses wordnik for definitions. Supports audio pronunciation
Example:
>$define love
>LOVE:
>A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward >a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of >attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
#INSTALLATION
Installing define is easy:
Using pip:
>$ sudo pip install define
On Arch:
>$ yaourt -S define
Manual Installation:
>$ sudo python setup.py install ~~You will need an api key from wordnik, get one from developer.wordnik.com and edit the “key” variable inside the script~~ API key is now included in the script
- Notes for Ubuntu 15.04 (may apply to other versions):
To enable pip you’ll need to add universe to your sources.
$ echo “deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid universe” | sudo tee -a “/etc/apt/sources.list”
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip
To make use of audio feature if you install with pip. You’ll need to install the gstreamer pacakge.
$ sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-tools
Using Audio
Audio can be used in define with the -a or –audio flag.
$ define –audio love
LOVE:
A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
Would you like to hear audio pronunciation? [Y/N] n
FLAGS
Define has the following flags:
-h/–help - Display help and exit.
-a/–audio - Audio pronunciation of keyword.
-t/–thesaurus - Thesaurus results for keyword.
-u/–urban - Search Urban Dictionary for results instead of Wordnik.
-l/–local - Search keywords using local dict and dictd dictionary (NOTE: This currently only works with the gcide dictionary, no other dictionary will work at the moment)
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