$ man dictionary-define
/dictionary-define
PRICE / CALL
$0.005
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
wordmintCATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
● live
NAME
dictionary-define — looks up english word definitions with pronunciation, part of speech, and synonyms
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/dictionary-define
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
Looks up English word definitions with pronunciation, part of speech, and synonyms. Returns part-of-speech-grouped definitions with usage examples and per-sense synonyms, plus IPA phonetic and a pronunciation audio URL when available. Wraps the public Free Dictionary API, no auth, commercial-OK. Use it as an English dictionary or etymology-adjacent word lookup.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| word | string | English word to define (case-insensitive). Single token, no whitespace required for compound words. | required |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| word | string | Headword that was looked up, normalized to lowercase as returned by the Free Dictionary API. |
| phonetic | string | IPA phonetic transcription of the word (e.g. /ˈwɜːrd/), empty string when no phonetic is available. |
| pronunciation_audio_url | string | URL to an MP3 pronunciation clip when one is available, empty string otherwise. |
| meanings | string | Array of part-of-speech groups, each with definitions, usage examples, and per-sense synonyms/antonyms. |
| source | string | Upstream source attribution, set to "Free Dictionary API (dictionaryapi.dev)". |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/dictionary-define \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster> # Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... # Then call the dictionary-define tool from your MCP-aware agent.
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- dictionarywordmintdefine-wordpronunciationsynonymsetymologyipa-phoneticword-lookup
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- wordmint
- price
- $0.005 USDC per call
ADJACENT — other endpoints in wordmint
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| brand-tagline | Generates brand taglines and slogans for launch pages, X bios, email copy, and product cards. | $0.005 |
| brand-tagline-generate | Generates tagline options for a brand or startup from its name, concept, audience, and tone. | $0.005 |
| card-resolve | Normalizes free-form graded card text into a canonical card object. | $0.005 |
| content-simhash | Fingerprints text with a 64-bit SimHash for near-duplicate detection, computed entirely locally. | $0.005 |
| cron-parse | Cron parser. | $0.005 |
| detect-language | Language detector / language identification. | $0.005 |
| embedding-similarity | Measures how semantically similar two strings are: embeds both via Venice (default model: text-embedding-bge-m3) and returns the cosine s… | $0.005 |
| extract-entities | Named entity recognition (NER) / entity extractor. | $0.005 |
SEE ALSO