Dictionary
Your agent improvises definitions; this returns real entries, phonetics, and examples from Wiktionary.
Knowledge & Reference
Looks up word definitions, phonetics, pronunciation, and synonyms and antonyms in English and other languages. Returns all senses and parts of speech for the word.
Use when
You need an authoritative definition or pronunciation of an English word instead of improvising one.
Not for
Translating between languages, a thesaurus-first synonym dump, deep etymology, spell-correction, or a word-of-the-day.
What you can do
- •Define a word and return its parts of speech, definitions, and example sentences.
- •Return a word's phonetic spelling and a pronunciation audio link when available.
- •Return synonyms and antonyms for a word, drawn from the same entry.
What you get back
information
Returns the word's definitions, phonetics, pronunciation audio, synonyms, antonyms, and examples, with source credit and links. Not a downloadable file.
Run it
Skills run through one gateway with your Faro token. Hand it an intent in plain language; Faro routes to the right sub-skill, runs it, and bills per call.
curl -X POST "https://skill.askfaro.com/skills/dictionary/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FARO_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"intent":{"prompt":"What does \"ephemeral\" mean?"}}'Example requests
- ›What does "ephemeral" mean?
- ›Give me synonyms and antonyms for "happy"
- ›How do you pronounce "quinoa" and what does it mean?