The Oxford Dictionaries API is a single API that supports dictionary, translation and structured lexical data use cases across multiple languages.
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Dictionary API
Access definitions, pronunciations, example sentences, synonyms and structured dictionary data.
Translations API
Retrieve word-level translations across supported language pairs with lexical metadata.
Lexical Data API
Access structured lexical metadata including inflections, domains, registers, and regional variation.
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What's possible with our dictionary data?
Games
Enhance word games with definition lookups
Bots and AI
Accurate, structured data and large corpora help solve many language problems
Learning
Audio, examples and synonyms are just some data types that can help learners
Research
Trusted, deep content for academic research
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Understand which endpoint supports which features and when to use each one.
Full request paths, parameters, response schemas, and example payloads.
Authentication, making your first request and sandbox access.