CMUdict

https://pypi.org/project/cmudict/

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### Install cmudict Package

Source: https://pypi.org/project/cmudict

Install the cmudict package using pip. This is the standard way to add the library to your Python environment.

```bash
pip install cmudict
```

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### Retrieve CMUdict License

Source: https://pypi.org/project/cmudict

Get the license for the CMUdict data set as a string. This is useful for understanding the terms of use for the dictionary data.

```python
cmudict.license_string() # Returns the cmudict license as a string
```

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### Access CMUdict Dictionary Data

Source: https://pypi.org/project/cmudict

Import the cmudict library to access different representations of the dictionary data. Use these functions to get the raw string, a binary stream, or a processed structure.

```python
import cmudict

cmudict.dict() # Compatible with NLTK
cmudict.dict_string()
cmudict.dict_stream()
```

```python
cmudict.phones()
cmudict.phones_string()
cmudict.phones_stream()
```

```python
cmudict.symbols()
cmudict.symbols_string()
cmudict.symbols_stream()
```

```python
cmudict.vp()
cmudict.vp_string()
cmudict.vp_stream()
```

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### NLTK Compatibility Functions

Source: https://pypi.org/project/cmudict

Utilize these functions for compatibility with the NLTK library's CMUdict corpus reader. They provide access to entries, raw data, and words.

```python
cmudict.entries() # Compatible with NLTK
cmudict.raw() # Compatible with NLTK
cmudict.words() # Compatible with NTLK
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