1. Entry 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. Entry data

Search terms

Developing
GET
/{database}/entries/{entry-id}/search-terms
Retrieves the search terms of an entry matching the given ID.

Request

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

Request Code Samples

Shell
JavaScript
Swift
Go
PHP
Python
R
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Swift
Go
curl --location 'https://api.data.macquariedictionary.com.au/complete/entries/7d772a0b-5bae-30a0-a958-9aee19ee6e01/search-terms' \
--header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>'

Responses

🟢200Success
application/json
Bodyapplication/json

Examples
[
    {
        "data": "oboists",
        "type": "rinf",
        "number": "pl",
        "lemma": "runon",
        "pos": "n"
    }
]
🟠404Not found
🔴500Internal server error
Modified at 2026-10-07 05:04:21
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