A Program to find meanings of words from Google's Dictionary and write necessary details in markdown format.
A file (containing comma separated words whose meanings are to be found).
A markdown file with the word, its part of speech, definition and synonyms.
- Create an input file ex. words.txt with words whose meanings are to be found:
allusion,inclement,atrophy,averse,transcend
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Change the input and output file path in the last line of the code.
wordMeaningToMarkdown("./words1.txt", "./words.md"); -
Run the file using node
node index.js
Sample Input
allusion,inclement,atrophy
Sample Output
- inclement
- adjective
- (of the weather) unpleasantly cold or wet.
- ex: walkers should be prepared for inclement weather
- synonyms: cold, chilly, bitter, bleak, raw
- adjective
- allusion
- noun
- An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
- ex: an allusion to Shakespeare
- synonyms: reference to, mention of, comment on, remark about, citation of
- noun
- atrophy
- intransitive verb
- (of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.
- ex: without exercise, the muscles will atrophy
- Gradually decline in effectiveness or vigor due to underuse or neglect.
- ex: her artistic skills atrophied from lack of use
- noun
- The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied.
- ex: gastric atrophy
- synonyms: waste away, waste, become emaciated, wither, shrivel peter out, taper off, tail off, dwindle, deteriorate wasting, wasting away, emaciation, withering, shrivelling
- intransitive verb