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The document contains a Python script that takes in a user input word, looks it up in an online dictionary, and prints the definition. It uses regular expressions and URL handling to retrieve and parse the definition from the dictionary page.

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Definition

The document contains a Python script that takes in a user input word, looks it up in an online dictionary, and prints the definition. It uses regular expressions and URL handling to retrieve and parse the definition from the dictionary page.

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import re

import urllib.request

try:
url = "http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/"

word = input("Enter your word: ")

url = url + word

data = urllib.request.urlopen(url).read()
data1 = data.decode("utf-8")

m = re.search('meta name="description" content="', data1)


start = m.end()
end = start + 300

newString = data1[start: end]

m = re.search("See more.", newString)


end = m.start() - 1

definition = newString[0:end]

print(definition)

except:
print("I'm sorry, you're word is not in the dictionary.")

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