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Is Wiktionary owned by Wikipedia? ›

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.

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.

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

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.

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

An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.

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

sacrilegious (comparative more sacrilegious, superlative most sacrilegious) Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

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.

Which dictionary is better than Oxford? ›

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.

Adverb. (modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.

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.

tautological (comparative more tautological, superlative most tautological) Of, relating to, or using tautology. Using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary.

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.

Deserving of trust, reliable.

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