- How much should I trust Wiktionary? - English Language Learners Stack . . .
Wiktionary theoretically has the same vulnerabilities as Wikipedia These include people engaging in internet vandalism, people editing a wiki to push an agenda, people who are editing Wiktionary in good faith but who are biased, and lack of editorial oversight
- What do spelling pronunciation and ~ mean in Wiktionary?
Some words have "silent" letters, that is letters like the "l" in Holmes that are not traditionally pronounced in standard dialects With relatively rare words like "Holmes", which is more often written than spoken, individuals may guess the pronunciation from the spelling rather than learning the standard pronunciation from other speakers This results in some native speakers using an
- What is an entry in a dictionary? - English Language Learners Stack . . .
An "entry" in a dictionary is a headword (the word that gets looked up), plus its definition and any ancillary information that pertains to that word, such as an etymology, any usage notes, example sentences, pronunciation guides, inflected forms of the word and any illustrations It is everything that is presented as belonging to that headword
- Can the word genocide be used as a verb? If it cant, what are the . . .
Here, on Wiktionary, it says we can use "genocide" as a transitive verb to mean "To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely " In other dictionaries though, I couldn't find any descriptions that define "genocide" as a verb
- word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Would it be proper to use the term recentest? 'Most recent' sounds correct but I looked up recentest and it seems to be a valid word
- Idiom for saying something doesnt cost a lot for someone rich?
Wiktionary classifies this as chiefly US, and I can safely say that, as a Briton, I've never heard of it, so I wouldn't advise using this with a global audience
- Usage of the word easen - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I'm not a native speaker, but I remembered the word quot;easen quot; from some previous experience, and wanted to use that I found an entry in Wiktionary on that word with many examples (though m
- Does no questions asked apply to the person performing an action or . . .
This is Wiktionary's explanation and example sentence for the adverbial phrase no questions asked (of an agreement, promise, etc ) Without inquiring into the motives, circumstances, or identity o
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