Template:R:Dictionary.com/documentation

Usage
This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to cite the Dictionary.com website.

Parameters

 * 1 or entry – the entry on Dictionary.com. If this is not specified, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used.
 * alt – an alternative form of the entry, with wikitext markup if required.
 * pos or part of speech – the part of speech of the entry. By default, the template italicizes the value assigned to the parameter and adds a full stop (period) to the end. To turn off the default formatting for the purpose of specifying a different formatting using wikitext markup and templates, specify 1 or yes.
 * 2 or url – the template can usually automatically create a link to Dictionary.com. However, if the entry contains a character other than a letter of the alphabet or a hyphen, for the hyperlink to work it is necessary to use this parameter to manually specify the URL of the Dictionary.com webpage or the portion of the URL after “ .../browse/ ” (see the example below).
 * 3 or accessdate – the date when Dictionary.com was accessed.
 * source – the source used by Dictionary.com:
 * Chambers – Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language (1908).
 * Collins – Collins English Dictionary (10th edition, 2010).
 * Cultural Literacy – The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (3rd edition, 2002).
 * Etymology or Online Etymology Dictionary – Online Etymology Dictionary (2000–).
 * FOLDOC – Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (1985–). Now deprecated – providing the source as " " acts as a redirect to . For simplicity, use instead.
 * Idioms - The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms (2003), see also R:AHD Idioms.
 * Random House – Random House Unabridged Dictionary (2nd edition, 1993).
 * Slang – Dictionary of American Slang (4th edition, 2007).
 * For help with adding additional sources to this template, please leave a message on the talk page.


 * 4, text, or passage – a passage quoted from the webpage.
 * 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
Unless otherwise specified, the following examples assume that the template is being used on the Wiktionary entry page “”.


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