This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to cite the Dictionary.com website.
|1=
or |entry=
– the entry on Dictionary.com. If this is not specified, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used.|alt=
– an alternative form of the entry, with wikitext markup if required.|pos=
or |part of speech=
– the part of speech of the entry. By default, the template italicizes the value assigned to the parameter and adds a full stop (period) to the end. To turn off the default formatting for the purpose of specifying a different formatting using wikitext markup and templates, specify |noformat=1
or |noformat=yes
.|2=
or |url=
– the template can usually automatically create a link to Dictionary.com. However, if the entry contains a character other than a letter of the alphabet or a hyphen, for the hyperlink to work it is necessary to use this parameter to manually specify the URL of the Dictionary.com webpage or the portion of the URL after “.../browse/” (see the example below).|3=
or |accessdate=
– the date when Dictionary.com was accessed.|source=
– the source used by Dictionary.com:
FOLDOC
" acts as a redirect to {{R:FOLDOC}}
. For simplicity, use {{R:FOLDOC}}
instead.{{R:AHD Idioms}}
.|4=
, |text=
, or |passage=
– the passage to be quoted.|nodot=
– by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use |nodot=1
or |nodot=yes
.Unless otherwise specified, the following examples assume that the template is being used on the Wiktionary entry page “example”.
{{R:Dictionary.com|pos=n}}
; or{{R:Dictionary.com|entry=example|pos=n}}
{{R:Dictionary.com|accessdate=1 January 2017|pos=n}}
; or{{R:Dictionary.com|accessdate=1 January 2017|entry=example|pos=n}}
{{R:Dictionary.com|accessdate=1 January 2017|pos=n|source=Random House}}
{{R:Dictionary.com|entry=all the world’s a stage|url=all-the-world-s-a-stage|source=Cultural Literacy|passage=The beginning of a speech in the play As You Like It, by William Shakespeare.|nodot=1}}
; or{{R:Dictionary.com|entry=all the world’s a stage|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/all-the-world-s-a-stage|source=Cultural Literacy|passage=The beginning of a speech in the play As You Like It, by William Shakespeare.|nodot=1}}