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Usage
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Parameters
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|1=or|entry=– the name of the entry on the TFD website. If this parameter is omitted, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used as a default.|2=or|url=– the template can usually automatically create a link to the TFD website. However, if the link is incorrect, use this parameter to manually specify the URL of the TFD webpage.|lang=– to link to the TFD website in a language other than English, use this parameter to indicate the language code between "https://" and ".thefreedictionary.com/..." in the URL. For example, to link to the French version of the TFD website, type|lang=fr.|3=or|accessdate=– the date when the TFD webpage was accessed, in one of the following formats: 1 January 2017 or January 1, 2017|source=– the source used by TFD:- AHD – The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th rev. ed., 2016).
- Collins – Collins English Dictionary (12th ed., 2014).
- Webster – Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Dictionary (1913).
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|4=,|text=, or|passage=– a passage quoted from the webpage.|nodot=– by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use|nodot=1or|nodot=yes.
Examples
- Wikitext:
{{R:TheFreeDictionary}}or{{R:TheFreeDictionary|example}}(assuming the template is used on the example page); or{{R:TheFreeDictionary|entry=example}}
- Result: “example” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
- Wikitext:
{{R:TheFreeDictionary|entry=breach of contract|url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/breach+of+contract|accessdate=1 January 2017|passage=a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract}}; or{{R:TheFreeDictionary|breach of contract|https://www.thefreedictionary.com/breach+of+contract|accessdate=1 January 2017|a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract}}
- Result: “breach of contract” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025, retrieved 1 January 2017: “a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract”.
- Wikitext:
{{R:TheFreeDictionary|entry=rideau|lang=fr|accessdate=1 January 2017}} - Result: “rideau” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025, retrieved 1 January 2017.
- Wikitext:
{{R:TheFreeDictionary|entry=rideau|source=Webster|accessdate=1 January 2017}} - Result: “rideau” in Noah Porter, editor, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Dictionary, London: George Bell & Sons; Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1913, →OCLC; reproduced on TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025, retrieved 1 January 2017.
See also
{{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms}}– a citation template for the dictionaries available in the Idioms tab on TheFreeDictionary