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Is there a public API which would let me lookup definition开发者_运维知识库s for words ? I've been searching for this for a bit but it's getting mixed up with the dictionary datastructure. I'm planing on using it in a c# app.

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If you are language agnostic, you could try

Ruby WordNet

http://deveiate.org/projects/Ruby-WordNet/

and check out the WordNet project in general,

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/

for .NET...

http://opensource.ebswift.com/WordNet.Net/