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# API

> API reference for Merriam-Webster Dictionary: every `merriamwebsterdict.api.*` operation with input and output types.

Every `merriamwebsterdict.api.*` operation is listed below with parameter shapes and return types from the plugin Zod schemas.

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## Words

### get

`words.get`

Look up a word in Merriam-Webster (collegiate / sd2 / sd3 / sd4), returning definitions, part of speech, pronunciation, etymology, and audio — or spelling suggestions when no entry matches

**Risk:** `read`

```ts theme={null}
await corsair.merriamwebsterdict.api.words.get({});
```

**Input**

| Name   | Type     | Required | Description         |
| ------ | -------- | -------- | ------------------- |
| `word` | `string` | Yes      | The word to look up |

**Output**

| Name          | Type       | Required | Description                                |
| ------------- | ---------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `found`       | `boolean`  | Yes      | —                                          |
| `entries`     | `object[]` | Yes      | —                                          |
| `suggestions` | `string[]` | Yes      | Spelling suggestions when no entry matched |

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="entries full type">
    ```ts theme={null}
    {
      id: string,
      headword: string,
      partOfSpeech?: string,
      pronunciation?: string,
      audioUrl?: string,
      shortDefinitions: string[],
      etymology?: string[],
      stems: string[],
      offensive: boolean
    }[]
    ```
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

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