Template:R:TheFreeDictionary/documentation

Usage
This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, for citing TheFreeDictionary.

Parameters
The template takes the following parameters:


 * 1 or entry – the name of the entry on the TFD website. If this parameter is omitted, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used as a default.
 * 2 or url – the template can usually automatically create a link to the TFD website. However, if the link is incorrect, use this parameter to manually specify the URL of the TFD webpage.
 * lang – to link to the TFD website in a language other than English, use this parameter to indicate the language code between " https:// " and " .thefreedictionary.com/... " in the URL. For example, to link to the French version of the TFD website, type fr.
 * 3 or accessdate – the date when the TFD webpage was accessed, in one of the following formats: 1 January 2017 or January 1, 2017
 * source – the source used by TFD:
 * AHD – The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th rev. ed., 2016).
 * Collins – Collins English Dictionary (12th ed., 2014).
 * Webster – Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Dictionary (1913).
 * 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

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