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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. It is available in 171 languages and in Simple English.

The Free Dictionary was launched in 2005 by Farlex. In the same year, it was included in PCMag's Make Your Browser Better list.

(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.

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

In essence, going from most reliable and thorough and narrow to most unreliable, shallow and broad; Wiktionary is a step in the middle of that route and a good choice if it's to be your one-stop resource, but not the best if you actually want to research given word. SF. SF.

eavesdropping (countable and uncountable, plural eavesdroppings) verbal noun of eavesdrop: Listening secretly to the private conversations of others. (telecommunications) The interception of electronic communication. (zoology) The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.

Deserving of trust, reliable.

Noun. (dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness. (dated, sometimes offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.

For general purpose word reference, it's quite good. But if you need a set of reference works that's far more in depth and scope, then the paid version, Dictionary! , will probably fit your needs better.

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Via a library

Most libraries offer remote access. This means that, if you are a member of your local library, you can access the OED online for free anywhere you have internet access.

Wiktionary is run by the Wikimedia Foundation, which also runs Wikipedia. The English Wiktionary currently has over 7.3 million pages and 4.0 million users. Much like Wikipedia, the Wiktionary is run in several different languages that can be selected from its main page. These include the Simple English Wiktionary.

authentic (comparative more authentic, superlative most authentic) Of the same origin as claimed; genuine. The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature. Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief. an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.

No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).

The original texts of Wiktionary entries are dual-licensed to the public under both the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).

Noun. The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another. A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.

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.