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Like its sister project Wikipedia, Wiktionary is run by the Wikimedia Foundation, and is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians". Its wiki software, MediaWiki, allows almost anyone with access to the website to create and edit entries.

Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary of all words in all languages. It is collaboratively edited via a wiki, and its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki and dictionary.

Wiktionary has grown beyond a standard dictionary and now includes a thesaurus, a rhyme guide, phrase books, language statistics and extensive appendices. We aim to include not only the definition of a word, but also enough information to really understand it.

From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) +‎ -swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a ...

controversial (comparative more controversial, superlative most controversial) Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.

Wiktionary is generally a secondary source for its subject matter (definitions of words and phrases) whereas Wikipedia is a tertiary source for its subject matter (topics).

reputation (countable and uncountable, plural reputations) What somebody or something is known for. synonyms ▲quotations ▼ Synonyms: name, (archaic) savour.

Every wiki page (with the exception of a very few protected pages) has a link at the top that says "Edit". This link lets you do exactly what it says – edit the page you're looking at.

credible (Late Middle English) credible (believable, plausible) credible (dependable, reliable) naive; easily trusting.

More than a dictionary, the OED is a comprehensive guide to current and historical word meanings in English. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely accepted as the most complete record of the English language ever assembled.

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While the Oxford English Dictionary gives you the meaning of the word as well as its origin, the Cambridge Dictionary gives a more practical explanation along with an example of how to use the word in a sentence.

Merriam-Webster: America's Most Trusted Dictionary.

Greetings in Old English were called Grētungƿord (here 'ƿ' is prounounced like 'w' in Water, and 'u' like 'oo' in 'cool'). The following greetings were commonly used. Ƿesaþ hāla - hello; goodbye (to more than one woman) [here 'þ' is prounounced like 'th' in 'thorn'.]

answer, response, reply, rejoinder, retort mean something spoken, written, or done in return. answer implies the satisfying of a question, demand, call, or need. response may imply a quick or spontaneous reaction to a person or thing that serves as a stimulus.

Deserving of trust, reliable.

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