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Usage
This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to cite the The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language website (https://www.ahdictionary.com, which uses the 2016 (5th) print edition), as well as the 1971 and 2000 (4th) print editions of the work.

Parameters
The template takes the following positional or named parameters:


 * 1 or entry – the entry in the Dictionary to be cited. If this parameter is omitted, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry.
 * edition – by default, the template links to the online (5th) edition of the Dictionary. To cite a print edition instead, use one of the following:
 * 1971 – for the 1971 edition.
 * 4th – for the 2000 (4th) edition.
 * 2, page, or pages – the page number(s) of a print edition of the Dictionary on which the entry appears. Use pages if indicating a range of pages, and separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: 10–11.
 * 3, column, or columns – the column number(s) of a print edition of the Dictionary on which the entry appears. Use columns if indicating a range of columns, and separate the first and last column numbers of the range with an en dash.
 * 4, text, or passage – the passage to be quoted from the Dictionary.
 * nodot – by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use 1 or yes.

Examples

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