Dictionary Plus API

Dictionary Plus API API ID: 904

Our API allows users to look up a word in a dictionary and retrieve a list of collocations, or words commonly found in conjunction with the specified word. This feature is useful for language learners and writers looking to expand their vocabulary and improve their language skills.
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About the API:

Our API allows users to quickly and easily look up a word in a dictionary and retrieve a list of collocations, or words commonly found in conjunction with the specified word. This feature is incredibly useful for language learners and writers looking to expand their vocabulary and improve their language skills.

With our API, you can enter a word and receive a list of collocations within seconds, saving you the time and effort of manually looking up each word in a dictionary. The list of collocations returned by our API is comprehensive and constantly updated, ensuring that you have access to the most accurate and relevant information.

In addition to providing collocations, our API also includes definitions and examples of usage for each word, giving you a deeper understanding of the word and how it is used in context. This is especially helpful for those learning a new language, as it allows them to see how the word is used in real-world situations.

Overall, our API is a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their language skills and expand their vocabulary. Whether you're a language learner, writer, or simply someone looking to improve their command of the English language, our API has something to offer you.

 

 

What this API receives and what your API provides (input/output)?

Pass the word to lookup and receive different collocations, relations, and examples for that collocations. 

 

What are the most common uses cases of this API?

  1. Language learning: Students learning a new language can use the API to find collocations and get a better understanding of how words are used in context.

  2. Writing assistance: Writers can use the API to find collocations and expand their vocabulary, leading to more engaging and varied writing.

  3. Translation: Translators can use the API to find collocations and ensure that their translations are accurate and natural-sounding.

  4. Text analysis: Researchers and developers working on text analysis projects can use the API to find collocations and identify patterns in large volumes of text.

  5. SEO optimization: Digital marketers can use the API to find collocations and incorporate them into their content, improving the SEO of their website.

 

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Besides API call limitations per month, there are no other limitations. 

API Documentation

Endpoints

Our API allows users to look up a word in a dictionary and retrieve a list of collocations, or words commonly found in conjunction with the specified word.



                                                                            
GET https://pr148-testing.zylalabs.com/api/904/dictionary+plus+api/717/get+collocations

Get Collocations - Endpoint Features

Object Description
query [Required] any word (case insensitive)
Test Endpoint

API EXAMPLE RESPONSE

       
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [{"id":2906736,"collocation":"so long","relation":"Adj:mod:Adv","pos":"Adj","significance":226679,"basisword":"long","examples":["Why on earth do you sit here \u003cb\u003eso\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e ?","Why , your back is not nearly \u003cb\u003eso\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e .","Why in thunder did you hold on \u003cb\u003eso\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e ?"]},{"id":2906737,"collocation":"not long","relation":"Adj:mod:Adv","pos":"Adj","significance":107661,"basisword":"long","examples":["The end was certain and \u003cb\u003enot\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e in coming .","We made quick work of the fight , the whole affair lasting \u003cb\u003enot\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e than fifteen minutes .","The daily test on each animal lasted \u003cb\u003enot\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e than five or six minutes ."]},{"id":2906738,"collocation":"too long","relation":"Adj:mod:Adv","pos":"Adj","significance":105449,"basisword":"long","examples":["The way was long , yet not \u003cb\u003etoo\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e .","Even a delay of 3 days can be \u003cb\u003etoo\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e .","A. My sermon must have been much \u003cb\u003etoo\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e ?"]},{"id":2906739,"collocation":"very long","relation":"Adj:mod:Adv","pos":"Adj","significance":87245,"basisword":"long","examples":["But not , I think , for \u003cb\u003every\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e .","If so , the code would be \u003cb\u003every\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e .","We wo n't stay up here so \u003cb\u003every\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906740,"collocation":"long way","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":73320,"basisword":"long","examples":["You 'd have to work back a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eway\u003c/b\u003e .","You 'll own a little goes a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eway\u003c/b\u003e .","You have made the money go a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eway\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906741,"collocation":"long period","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":65783,"basisword":"long","examples":["Six or seven , I fancied , was the \u003cb\u003elongest\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eperiod\u003c/b\u003e .","The larger size was used to store goods for \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eperiods\u003c/b\u003e .","The site was then abandoned for a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eperiod\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906742,"collocation":"long journey","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":48241,"basisword":"long","examples":["Yes , I am going on a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ejourney\u003c/b\u003e .","You ' goin ' to take a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ejourney\u003c/b\u003e .","But children have been the stimulus for \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ejourneys\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906743,"collocation":"long while","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":45060,"basisword":"long","examples":["CHAPTER X \" I have slept a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewhile\u003c/b\u003e !","You have not seen J. for a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewhile\u003c/b\u003e .","The second group managed to hide for a \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewhile\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906744,"collocation":"long distance","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":43166,"basisword":"long","examples":["Here , get me Blake on the \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003edistance\u003c/b\u003e .","No fresh turn was made for a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003edistance\u003c/b\u003e .","You look as if you had come a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003edistance\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906745,"collocation":"much long","relation":"Adj:mod:Adv","pos":"Adj","significance":37473,"basisword":"long","examples":["Raiders did better and for a \u003cb\u003emuch\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e time .","History SR 13 is the remnant of a \u003cb\u003emuch\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e route .","The route is the last remnant of a \u003cb\u003emuch\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e route ."]},{"id":2906746,"collocation":"long history","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":35059,"basisword":"long","examples":["Cape Verde and Cuba have had a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehistory\u003c/b\u003e .","Ferry service in the area has a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehistory\u003c/b\u003e .","History The idea of crime has a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehistory\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906747,"collocation":"long line","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":35048,"basisword":"long","examples":["The shorter lines are on an angle to the \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elines\u003c/b\u003e .","Am I simply the latest victim in a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eline\u003c/b\u003e ?","An extension of the relay system , adopted for \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elines\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906748,"collocation":"long hair","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":32527,"basisword":"long","examples":["The nodes have a ring of soft \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehairs\u003c/b\u003e .","Claire said , \" I wish I had \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehair\u003c/b\u003e .","At the tip of the body are two \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e , fine \u003cb\u003ehairs\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906749,"collocation":"long breath","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":32384,"basisword":"long","examples":["So -- \" Jeff paused and drew a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebreath\u003c/b\u003e .","As the cars went off I drew in a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebreath\u003c/b\u003e .","When the tie was made , I drew a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebreath\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906750,"collocation":"long period of time","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":30341,"basisword":"long","examples":["Multiple cards may be used for \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eperiods of time\u003c/b\u003e .","Be able to be on your feet for \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eperiods of time\u003c/b\u003e .","The fruit cannot be stored for \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eperiods of time\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906751,"collocation":"long live","relation":"V:subj:N","pos":"N","significance":28794,"basisword":"long","examples":["Always young and always pretty ; \u003cb\u003eLong\u003c/b\u003e may \u003cb\u003elive\u003c/b\u003e my lovely Hetty !","As a result , \u003cb\u003eLong\u003c/b\u003e did not \u003cb\u003elive\u003c/b\u003e to see the book published as he died in October 1968 .","\u003cb\u003eLong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elived\u003c/b\u003e that beautiful evening in the memory of four young hearts ."]},{"id":2906752,"collocation":"long day","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":28275,"basisword":"long","examples":["Next time we 'd come prepared for \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e , harder \u003cb\u003edays\u003c/b\u003e .","Did you ever live through such a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eday\u003c/b\u003e ?","You 'll want a good rest after your \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eday\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906753,"collocation":"long term","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":27644,"basisword":"long","examples":["The effects can be short and/ or \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eterm\u003c/b\u003e .","Others worry over effects in the medium and \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eterm\u003c/b\u003e .","The \" normal \" price is the average price over a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eterm\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906754,"collocation":"long year","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":26910,"basisword":"long","examples":["All is as I dreamed for these \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eyears\u003c/b\u003e .","You must eat and live for three \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eyears\u003c/b\u003e .","Think of living in the mud for two \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eyears\u003c/b\u003e !"]},{"id":2906755,"collocation":"long silence","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":21887,"basisword":"long","examples":["We are on the edge of a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003esilence\u003c/b\u003e .","The two prisoners looked out in a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003esilence\u003c/b\u003e .","The two men looked at each other steadily in a \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003esilence\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906756,"collocation":"long hour","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":19257,"basisword":"long","examples":["Dick and Albert waited through long , \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehours\u003c/b\u003e .","We sat absorbed and motionless through four \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehours\u003c/b\u003e .","Rural people are accustomed to hard labor for \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehours\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906757,"collocation":"long interval","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":18130,"basisword":"long","examples":["The line runs with only two car trains and at \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eintervals\u003c/b\u003e .","The oars only dipped into the water at \u003cb\u003elong\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eintervals\u003c/b\u003e .","Song followed song , at first quickly , then at \u003cb\u003elonger\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eintervals\u003c/b\u003e ."]},{"id":2906758,"collocation":"long life","relation":"N:mod:Adj","pos":"Adj","significance":17051},{"_note":"Response truncated for documentation purposes"}]

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The Get Collocations endpoint returns a list of collocations associated with a specified word, including their relations, parts of speech, significance, and example sentences demonstrating usage.

Key fields in the response include "collocation" (the phrase), "relation" (how it relates to the base word), "pos" (part of speech), "significance" (importance score), and "examples" (sentences illustrating usage).

The response data is organized as a JSON array, where each object contains details about a collocation, including its relation to the base word and example sentences, making it easy to parse and utilize.

The endpoint provides collocations, their grammatical relations, parts of speech, significance scores, and contextual examples, offering a comprehensive view of how words interact in language.

Users can customize their requests by specifying the word they want to look up. The API will return collocations relevant to that word, allowing for targeted vocabulary expansion.

The data is sourced from a comprehensive dictionary database that is regularly updated to ensure accuracy and relevance, providing users with reliable language resources.

Data accuracy is maintained through continuous updates and quality checks, ensuring that collocations reflect current usage trends and linguistic standards.

Typical use cases include language learning, writing enhancement, translation accuracy, text analysis, and SEO optimization, helping users improve their language skills and content quality.

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