Features
Overview
The Oxford Dictionaries API offers a wide range of lexical features across several endpoints and languages. These features include word-level metadata such as definitions, examples, pronunciations, synonyms, etymology, and various lexical labels. Below, you’ll find a comprehensive explanation of the main features available in the API’s response. This includes details on the endpoints and languages where each feature is found, typical use cases, and helpful tips and examples to help you get the best use out of each feature.
Main features across endpoints
The following table indicates which endpoints you can use to call each of the main lexical features typically offered by the OD API across languages*. You can explore all endpoints and obtain further technical information for each one by referring to the documentation page.
| Entries | Words | Thesaurus | Sentences | Translations | Search | Inflections | Lemmas | Utility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitions | Always | Always | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Domains | Y | Y | - | - | Y | - | - | - | Y |
| Etymologies | Always | Always | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Examples | Y | Y | Always | Always | Y | - | - | - | - |
| Inflections | Y | Y | - | - | Y | Y | Always | - | - |
| Pronunciations | Always | Always | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - |
| Regional differences | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | - | - | - |
| Registers | Y | Y | Y | - | Y | - | - | - | Y |
| Synonyms | Y | Y | Always | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antonyms | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Translations | - | - | - | - | Always | Y | - | - | - |
| Alternative spellings | Y | Y | - | - | Y | - | - | - | - |
* Please note: The feature availability across endpoints shown in this table may not apply to all languages, but it typically holds true for English. For other languages, please consult the specific feature information provided below.
“Always” indicates that a feature is consistently available on an endpoint, while “Y” means the feature is generally available on the endpoint.
Features
This page outlines the dictionary features of the OD API.