Python Dictionary • 6 min read

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from PyDictionary import PyDictionary

#Initialize the PyDictionary
dictionary = PyDictionary()

#Function to fetch the meaning of a word
def fetch_meaning(word):
    try:
        meanings = dictionary.meaning(word)
        if meanings:
            for part_of_speech, definition_list in meanings.items():
                print(f"{part_of_speech}:")
                for definition in definition_list:
                    print(f"  - {definition}")
        else:
            print(f"Meaning not found for '{word}'")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

#Simple CLI interface for word lookup
while True:
    user_input = input("Enter a word to lookup (or 'exit' to quit): ").strip()

    if user_input.lower() == 'exit':
        break

    fetch_meaning(user_input)

Noun:
  - an expression of greeting
  - a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
  - Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409
  - 1372-1415