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[#]: subject: (Pyvoc – A Command line Dictionary And Vocabulary Building Tool)
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[#]: via: (https://www.ostechnix.com/pyvoc-a-command-line-dictionary-and-vocabulary-building-tool/)
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[#]: author: (SK https://www.ostechnix.com/author/sk/)
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Pyvoc – A Command line Dictionary And Vocabulary Building Tool
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======
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Howdy! I have a good news for non-native English speakers. Now, you can improve your English vocabulary and find the meaning of English words, right from your Terminal. Say hello to **Pyvoc** , a cross-platform, open source, command line dictionary and vocabulary building tool written in **Python** programming language. Using this tool, you can brush up some English words meanings, test or improve your vocabulary skill or simply use it as a CLI dictionary on Unix-like operating systems.
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### Installing Pyvoc
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Since Pyvoc is written using Python language, you can install it using [**Pip3**][1] package manager.
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```
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$ pip3 install pyvoc
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```
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Once installed, run the following command to automatically create necessary configuration files in your $HOME directory.
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```
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$ pyvoc word
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```
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Sample output:
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|Creating necessary config files
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/getting api keys. please handle with care!
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word
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Noun: single meaningful element of speech or writing
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example: I don't like the word ‘unofficial’
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Verb: express something spoken or written
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example: he words his request in a particularly ironic way
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Interjection: used to express agreement or affirmation
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example: Word, that's a good record, man
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```
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Done! Let us go ahead and brush the English skills.
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### Use Pyvoc as a command line Dictionary tool
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Pyvoc fetches the word meaning from **Oxford Dictionary API**.
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Let us say, you want to find the meaning of a word **‘digression’**. To do so, run:
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$ pyvoc digression
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See? Pyvoc not only displays the meaning of word **‘digression’** , but also an example sentence which shows how to use that word in practical.
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Let us see an another example.
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```
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$ pyvoc subterfuge
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subterfuge
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Noun: deceit used in order to achieve one's goal
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example: he had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions
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It also shows the word classes as well. As you already know, English has four major **word classes** :
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1. Nouns,
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2. Verbs,
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3. Adjectives,
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4. Adverbs.
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Take a look at the following example.
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$ pyvoc welcome
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/
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welcome
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Noun: instance or manner of greeting someone
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example: you will receive a warm welcome
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Interjection: used to greet someone in polite or friendly way
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example: welcome to the Wildlife Park
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Verb: greet someone arriving in polite or friendly way
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example: hotels should welcome guests in their own language
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Adjective: gladly received
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example: I'm pleased to see you, lad—you're welcome
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As you see in the above output, the word ‘welcome’ can be used as a verb, noun, adjective and interjection. Pyvoc has given example for each class.
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If you misspell a word, it will inform you to check the spelling of the given word.
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```
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$ pyvoc wlecome
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No definition found. Please check the spelling!!
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Useful, isn’t it?
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### Create vocabulary groups
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A vocabulary group is nothing but a collection words added by the user. You can later revise or take quiz from these groups. 100 groups of 60 words are **reserved** for the user.
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To add a word (E.g **sporadic** ) to a group, just run:
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$ pyvoc sporadic -a
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sporadic
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Adjective: occurring at irregular intervals or only in few places
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example: sporadic fighting broke out
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writing to vocabulary group...
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word added to group number 51
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As you can see, I didn’t provide any group number and pyvoc displayed the meaning of given word and automatically added that word to group number **51**. If you don’t provide the group number, Pyvoc will **incrementally add words** to groups **51-100**.
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Pyvoc also allows you to specify a group number if you want to. You can specify a group from 1-50 using **-g** option. For example, I am going to add a word to Vocabulary group 20 using the following command.
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$ pyvoc discrete -a -g 20
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discrete
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Adjective: individually separate and distinct
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example: speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather
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than discrete units
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creating group Number 20...
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writing to vocabulary group...
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word added to group number 20
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```
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See? The above command displays the meaning of ‘discrete’ word and adds it to the vocabulary group 20. If the group doesn’t exists, Pyvoc will create it and add the word.
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By default, Pyvoc includes three predefined vocabulary groups (101, 102, and 103). These custom groups has 800 words of each. All words in these groups are taken from **GRE** and **SAT** preparation websites.
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To view the user-generated groups, simply run:
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$ pyvoc word -l
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word
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Noun: single meaningful element of speech or writing
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example: I don't like the word ‘unofficial’
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Verb: express something spoken or written
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example: he words his request in a particularly ironic way
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Interjection: used to express agreement or affirmation
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example: Word, that's a good record, man
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USER GROUPS
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Group no. No. of words
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20 1
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DEFAULT GROUP
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Group no. No. of words
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51 1
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```
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```
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As you see, I have created one group (20) including the default group (51).
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### Test and improve English vocabulary
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As I already said, you can use the Vocabulary groups to revise or take quiz from them.
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For instance, to revise the group no. **101** , use **-r** option like below.
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$ pyvoc 101 -r
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You can now revise the meaning of all words in the Vocabulary group 101 in random order. Just hit ENTER to go through next questions. Once done, hit **CTRL+C** to exit.
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Also, you take quiz from the existing groups to brush up your vocabulary. To do so, use **-q** option like below.
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$ pyvoc 103 -q 50
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This command allows you to take quiz of 50 questions from vocabulary group 103. Choose the correct answer from the list by entering the appropriate number. You will get 1 point for every correct answer. The more you score the more your vocabulary skill will be.
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Pyvoc is in the early-development stage. I hope the developer will improve it and add more features in the days to come.
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As a non-native English speaker, I personally find it useful to test and learn new word meanings in my free time. If you’re a heavy command line user and wanted to quickly check the meaning of a word, Pyvoc is the right tool. You can also test your English Vocabulary at your free time to memorize and improve your English language skill. Give it a try. You won’t be disappointed.
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And, that’s all for now. Hope this was useful. More good stuffs to come. Stay tuned!
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Cheers!
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via: https://www.ostechnix.com/pyvoc-a-command-line-dictionary-and-vocabulary-building-tool/
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作者：[SK][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://www.ostechnix.com/author/sk/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://www.ostechnix.com/manage-python-packages-using-pip/
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