1. Definition data
Macquarie Dictionary API
  • Introduction
  • About the databases
  • About the data
  • Searching
    • Entry data
      POST
    • Definition data
      POST
  • Entry data
    • Definition IDs and numbers
      GET
    • Etymology
      GET
    • Headword
      GET
    • Last edited
      GET
    • Run-on entries
      GET
    • Search terms
      GET
    • Usage notes
      GET
  • Definition data
    • Abbreviations
      GET
    • Bynames
      GET
    • Cross-references
      GET
    • Contextual note
      GET
    • Definition text
      GET
    • Encyclopedic subheads
      GET
    • Etymology
      GET
    • Geographic information
      GET
    • Grammatical notes
      GET
    • Headword modifiers
      GET
    • Illustrative phrases
      GET
    • Inflections
      GET
    • Labels
      GET
    • Parts of speech
      GET
    • Pronunciations
      GET
    • Scientific information
      GET
    • Search terms
      GET
    • Subheads
      GET
    • Sublabels
      GET
    • Symbols
      GET
    • Variants
      GET
  1. Definition data

Inflections

Developing
GET
/{database}/entries/{entry-id}/defs/{def-id}/inflections
Retrieves the inflections of a definition specified by the given IDs.

Request

Authorization
Add parameter in header
X-Api-Key
Example:
X-Api-Key: ********************
Path Params

Query Params

Request Code Samples

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Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Swift
Go
curl --location 'https://api.data.macquariedictionary.com.au/complete/entries/3aab8930-982b-30e3-addd-72856c9e861b/defs/885/inflections?phonemic-transcription=md' \
--header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>'

Responses

🟢200Success
application/json
Bodyapplication/json

Example
[
    {
        "data": "string",
        "tense": "pt",
        "degree": "supl",
        "number": "pl",
        "case": "obj",
        "person": "1",
        "mood": "indic",
        "label": [
            {
                "data": "string",
                "type": "language",
                "qualifier": "often"
            }
        ],
        "pronunciation": [
            {
                "ipa": "string",
                "say": "string",
                "speech": "string"
            }
        ],
        "equivalents": [
            {}
        ]
    }
]
🟠400Bad request
🟠404Not found
🔴500Internal server error
Modified at 2026-10-07 05:04:21
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