Wiktionary:Webster

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Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 1909, is a public domain dictionary, as is also the revised 1913 edition. These dictionaries can be used to empower Wiktionary with more definitions.

These dictionaries were published by the G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, MA.

Contents 1 Wikification structure 2 Intransitive and Transitive 3 Translations 4 Abbreviations 5 More data 6 See also 7 Interwikimedia 8 External links

[edit] Wikification structure

The exposition order is alphabetic, beginning with pronunciation:

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1. Pronunciation

2. Adjective

3. Adverb

4. Noun

5. Pronoun

6. Verb.

They use a first-level title (i.e., ==Pronunciation==).

In the verb, include imp., p. p., p. pr. and vb. n. forms.

[edit] Intransitive and Transitive

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In verbs, there is a separation between intransitive and transitive forms, using a second-level title (i.e., ===Intransitive===).

[edit] Translations

Translations are added using a third-level title (i.e., ====Translations====).

The recommended approach to giving translations when there is more than one meaning for a word is to give the translations for each sense in a table, with the meaning reproduced at the top of the table. See shower for an example of how to do this.

The previously used method of putting all translations together and numbering them (as, for example, "*Spanish: 1. Translation of the first meaning. 2. Translation of the second meaning") to distinguish senses is now deprecated, as it is difficult to keep these numbers synchronised with the meanings when new meanings are added or meanings are reordered or removed.

See also: Wiktionary:Interlanguage links.

[edit] Abbreviations

There are two different lists of abbreviations depending on the type.

• Wiktionary:Abbreviated Authorities in Webster lists abbreviations of literary works and authors (e.g. "Hawthorne" = "Nathaniel Hawthorne").
• Wiktionary:Abbreviations in Webster lists abbreviations of grammatical terms (e.g. "p. p." = "past particple").

[edit] More data

One can add more data to the word indicating synonyms, crossref. syn. , similar words, related words and derived forms .

[edit] See also

• {{R:Webster 1913}}
• Wiktionary:Webster 1913:.
• Wiktionary:Entry layout explained.
• Wiktionary:Community Portal.
• Wiktionary_talk:FAQ#To_cite.2C_or_not_to_cite
• Wiktionary:FAQ#Writing_definitions

[edit] Interwikimedia

• Noah Webster
• Webster's Dictionary

[edit] External links

• Hyperdictionary.
• ARTFL Project: 1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
• Hypertext Webster Gateway.
• http://www.bootlegbooks.com/Reference/Webster/ - Domain name available
• The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary
• The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Project Gutenberg, in eBook format.