API Capabilities Overview
The Oxford Dictionaries API is a single API that provides dictionary, translation, and structured lexical data across multiple endpoints and languages.
The sections below highlight the core capabilities of the API and link to detailed guidance on when to use each capability and its associated endpoints.
Dictionary API
Access definitions, pronunciations, example sentences, synonyms and structured dictionary data
Lexical Data API
Access structured lexical metadata including inflections, domains, registers and regional variation
Translations API
Retrieve bilingual word-level translations across supported language pairs
Technical reference
Looking for detailed endpoint information?
View the API Endpoints Overview for a complete mapping of features (definitions, examples, inflections, domains, registers, translations, and more) across endpoints such as Words, Thesaurus, Sentences and Translations.
See the API Reference for full request parameters, response schemas, and example payloads.