---
title: "Retrieve dictionary information for a given word"
method: GET
path: "/entries/{source_lang}/{word_id}"
tags: ["Dictionary entries"]
---

# Retrieve dictionary information for a given word

`GET /entries/{source_lang}/{word_id}`

Use this to retrieve definitions, [pronunciations](documentation/glossary?term=pronunciation), example sentences, [grammatical information](documentation/glossary?term=grammaticalfeatures) and [word origins](documentation/glossary?term=etymology). It only works for dictionary [headwords](documentation/glossary?term=headword), so you may need to use the [Lemmatron](documentation/glossary?term=lemma) first if your input is likely to be an [inflected](documentation/glossary?term=inflection) form (e.g., 'swimming'). This would return the linked [headword](documentation/glossary?term=headword) (e.g., 'swim') which you can then use in the Entries endpoint. Unless specified using a region filter, the default lookup will be the Oxford Dictionary of English (GB). 
  <div id="dictionary_entries"></div>

## Path parameters

- `source_lang` 'en' | 'es' | 'lv' | 'hi' | 'sw' | 'ta' | 'gu' | 'fr', required
- `word_id` string, required

## Headers

- `app_id` string, required
- `app_key` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response.

- RetrieveEntry — Schema for the 'entries' endpoints
  - `metadata` object — Additional Information provided by OUP
  - `results` HeadwordEntry[] — A list of entries and all the data related to them
    - `id` string, required — The identifier of a word
    - `language` string, required — IANA language code
    - `lexicalEntries` LexicalEntry[], required — A grouping of various senses in a specific language, and a lexical category that relates to a word
      - `derivativeOf` object[] — A list of written or spoken words
        - `domains` string[]
        - `id` string, required — The identifier of the word
        - `language` string — IANA language code specifying the language of the word
        - `regions` string[]
        - `registers` string[]
        - `text` string, required
      - `derivatives` object[] — A list of written or spoken words
        - `domains` string[]
        - `id` string, required — The identifier of the word
        - `language` string — IANA language code specifying the language of the word
        - `regions` string[]
        - `registers` string[]
        - `text` string, required
      - `entries` Entry[]
        - `etymologies` string[]
        - `grammaticalFeatures` object[] — The different forms are correlated with meanings or functions which we text as 'features'
          - `text` string, required
          - `type` string, required
        - `homographNumber` string — Identifies the homograph grouping. The last two digits identify different entries of the same homograph. The first one/two digits identify the homograph number.
        - `notes` object[] — various types of notes that appear
          - `id` string — The identifier of the word
          - `text` string, required — A note text
          - `type` string, required — The descriptive category of the text
        - `pronunciations` object[] — A list of possible pronunciations of a word
          - `audioFile` string — The URL of the sound file
          - `dialects` string[]
          - `phoneticNotation` string — The alphabetic system used to display the phonetic spelling
          - `phoneticSpelling` string — Phonetic spelling is the representation of vocal sounds which express pronunciations of words. It is a system of spelling in which each letter represents invariably the same spoken sound
          - `regions` string[]
        - `senses` Sense[] — Complete list of senses
          - `crossReferenceMarkers` string[]
          - `crossReferences` object[] — A reference to another word that is closely related, might provide additional information about the subject, has a variant spelling or is an abbreviated form of it.
            - `id` string, required — The word id of cooccurrence
            - `text` string, required — The word of cooccurrence
            - `type` string, required — The type of relation between the two words. Possible values are 'close match', 'related', 'see also', 'variant spelling', and 'abbreviation' in case of crossreferences, or 'pre', 'post' in case of collocates.
          - `definitions` string[]
          - `domains` string[]
          - `examples` object[] — A list of written or spoken rendering of examples of use of a word or text
            - `definitions` string[]
            - `domains` string[]
            - `notes` object[] — various types of notes that appear
              - …
            - `regions` string[]
            - `registers` string[]
            - `senseIds` string[]
            - `text` string, required
            - `translations` object[] — A list of written or spoken rendering of the meaning of a word or text in another language(s)
              - …
          - `id` string — The id of the sense that is required for the delete procedure
          - `notes` object[] — various types of notes that appear
            - `id` string — The identifier of the word
            - `text` string, required — A note text
            - `type` string, required — The descriptive category of the text
          - `pronunciations` object[] — A list of possible pronunciations of a word
            - `audioFile` string — The URL of the sound file
            - `dialects` string[]
            - `phoneticNotation` string — The alphabetic system used to display the phonetic spelling
            - `phoneticSpelling` string — Phonetic spelling is the representation of vocal sounds which express pronunciations of words. It is a system of spelling in which each letter represents invariably the same spoken sound
            - `regions` string[]
          - `regions` string[]
          - `registers` string[]
          - `short_definitions` string[]
          - `subsenses` Sense[] — Ordered list of subsenses of a sense
          - `thesaurusLinks` ThesaurusLink[] — Ordered list of links to the Thesaurus Dictionary
            - `entry_id` string, required — identifier of a word
            - `sense_id` string, required — identifier of a sense
          - `translations` object[] — A list of written or spoken rendering of the meaning of a word or text in another language(s)
            - `domains` string[]
            - `grammaticalFeatures` object[] — The different forms are correlated with meanings or functions which we text as 'features'
              - …
            - `language` string, required — IANA language code specifying the language of the translation
            - `notes` object[] — various types of notes that appear
              - …
            - `regions` string[]
            - `registers` string[]
            - `text` string, required
          - `variantForms` object[] — Various words that are used interchangeably depending on the context, e.g 'aluminium' and 'aluminum'
            - `regions` string[]
            - `text` string, required
        - `variantForms` object[] — Various words that are used interchangeably depending on the context, e.g 'aluminium' and 'aluminum'
          - `regions` string[]
          - `text` string, required
      - `grammaticalFeatures` object[] — The different forms are correlated with meanings or functions which we text as 'features'
        - `text` string, required
        - `type` string, required
      - `language` string, required — IANA language code
      - `lexicalCategory` string, required — A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as noun or verb
      - `notes` object[] — various types of notes that appear
        - `id` string — The identifier of the word
        - `text` string, required — A note text
        - `type` string, required — The descriptive category of the text
      - `pronunciations` object[] — A list of possible pronunciations of a word
        - `audioFile` string — The URL of the sound file
        - `dialects` string[]
        - `phoneticNotation` string — The alphabetic system used to display the phonetic spelling
        - `phoneticSpelling` string — Phonetic spelling is the representation of vocal sounds which express pronunciations of words. It is a system of spelling in which each letter represents invariably the same spoken sound
        - `regions` string[]
      - `text` string, required — A given written or spoken realisation of a an entry.
      - `variantForms` object[] — Various words that are used interchangeably depending on the context, e.g 'aluminium' and 'aluminum'
        - `regions` string[]
        - `text` string, required
    - `pronunciations` object[] — A list of possible pronunciations of a word
      - `audioFile` string — The URL of the sound file
      - `dialects` string[]
      - `phoneticNotation` string — The alphabetic system used to display the phonetic spelling
      - `phoneticSpelling` string — Phonetic spelling is the representation of vocal sounds which express pronunciations of words. It is a system of spelling in which each letter represents invariably the same spoken sound
      - `regions` string[]
    - `type` string — The json object type. Could be 'headword', 'inflection' or 'phrase'
    - `word` string, required — A given written or spoken realisation of a an entry, lowercased.

## Other responses

- `404` — No entry is found matching supplied id and source_lang or filters are not recognized
- `500` — Internal Error. An error occurred while processing the data.

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