Command-line tool

dict

brew/dict

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Dictionary Server Protocol (RFC2229) client

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install dict

Linux

brew install dict

List available databases

dict -D

Get information about a database

dict -i database_name

Look up a word in a specific database

dict -d database_name word

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