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The current available source is [WordWeb Online](https://wordwebonline.com).\n\nThis project is part of [#CreateWeekly](https://twitter.com/JosephusPaye/status/1214853295023411200), my attempt to create something new publicly every week in 2020.\n\n## Installation\n\n```bash\nnpm install -g @josephuspaye/lookup-cli\n```\n\n## Examples\n\n### Look up definitions\n\nThe following command looks up definitions of the word \"reticent\":\n\n```bash\nlookup reticent\n```\n\nAnd yields the following output when ran:\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eView output\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n```\nLooking up \"reticent\"...\n\nAdjective: reticent\n\n  1. Temperamentally disinclined to talk\n     - untalkative\n\n  2. Cool and formal in manner\n     - restrained, unemotional\n\n  3. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself\n     - self-effacing, retiring\n\nSee also: taciturn, unassertive, undemonstrative\n```\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n### Look up definitions with related words\n\nWhen looking up definitions, you can choose to include related words in the following categories:\n\n- `soundsLike`\n- `derivedForms`\n- `seeAlso`\n- `partOf`\n- `typeOf`\n- `antonyms`\n- `all` (include all related words)\n\nThe following commands finds definitions and `soundsLike`, `derivedForms`, `typeOf`, and `partOf` relations for the word \"bee\":\n\n```bash\nlookup bee -i soundsLike,derivedForms,typeOf,partOf\n```\n\nAnd yields the following output when ran:\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eView output\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n```\nLooking up \"bee\"...\n\nNoun: bee\n\n  1. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species\n\n  2. 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