How to create a Python Dictionary • 3 min read

Python Dictionary:

once you enter a word, it will provide you with its part of speech and definition

• It is necessary to instally ‘PyDictionary’ library because it enables the use of its functionality, such as looking up word meanings, synonyms, antonyms, and more
• After installing ‘PyDictionary’ in order to create a simple interactive way to look up meaning through the library, its important to run the code below.

pip install PyDictionary

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)

What is happening?

• the code imports ‘PyDictionary’ library for looking up questions regarding the word
• Then, you run a computer program (the code) that uses the special tool to find the meanings of words
• the program asks to type a word
• The program will tell you what the word means

Hack:

• Make a Python Dictionary
• This is a Python script that lets you find the meaning of words
• Using a new python library called PyDictionary to perfrom the meaning lookups
• use pip to install PyDictionary