The Free Dictionary - Wikipedia

The Free Dictionary is an American online dictionary and encyclopedia that aggregates information from various sources. TheFreeDictionary FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Americanonlinedictionaryandencyclopediathatgathersinformationfromavarietyofsources FortheWikimediaprojectusingtheslogan"Thefreedictionary",seeWiktionary,thefreedictionary. Thisarticlereliestoomuchonreferencestoprimarysources.Pleaseimprovethisbyaddingsecondaryortertiarysources.Findsources: "TheFreeDictionary" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September2007)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) TheFreeDictionaryScreenshot TypeofsiteOnlinedictionary,encyclopediaAvailable inEnglish,Spanish,German,French,Italian,Chinese,Portuguese,Dutch,Norwegian,Greek,Arabic,Polish,Turkish,RussianOwnerFarlex,Inc.[1]URLwww.thefreedictionary.comRegistrationOptionalLaunchedJune 5,2003;19yearsago (2003-06-05)[2]Current statusActive TheFreeDictionaryisanAmericanonlinedictionaryandencyclopediathataggregatesinformationfromvarioussources. Contents 1Content 2Siteoperator 3WikipediaMirror 4TheFreeLibrary 5Seealso 6References 7Externallinks Content[edit] Thesitecross-referencesthecontentsofTheAmericanHeritageDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,theCollinsEnglishDictionary,theColumbiaEncyclopedia,theComputerDesktopEncyclopedia,theHutchinsonEncyclopedia(subscription),andWikipedia,aswellastheAcronymFinderdatabase,severalfinancialdictionaries,legaldictionaries,andothercontent.[3] Ithasafeaturethatallowsausertopreviewanarticlewhilepositioningthemousecursoroveralink.Onecanalsodouble-clickonanywordtolookitupinthedictionary. Siteoperator[edit] ThesiteisrunbyFarlex,Inc.,locatedinHuntingdonValley,Pennsylvania. Farlexalsomaintainsacompaniontitle,TheFreeLibrary,anonlinelibraryofout-of-copyrightclassicbooksaswellasacollectionofperiodicalsofoverfourmillionarticlesdatingbackto1984,anddefinition-of.com,[4]acommunitydictionaryofslangandotherterms. WikipediaMirror[edit] Wikipediacontentishostedatthesub-domainencyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com,[5]whichisexcludedfromsearch-engineindexinginitsentiretybyFarlexwiththeuseofmetatags.Thisisdonetoavoidduplicatecontentinthesearch-engineresultsandpreventusertrafficthatwouldotherwisegotoWikipedia. TheFreeLibrary[edit] TheFreeLibraryhasaseparatehomepage.Itisafreereferencewebsitethatoffersfull-textversionsofclassicliteraryworksbyhundredsofauthors.Itisalsoanewsaggregator,offeringarticlesfromalargecollectionofperiodicalscontainingoverfourmillionarticlesdatingbackto1984.Newlypublishedarticlesareaddedtothesitedaily.Thesitecomprisesaselectionofarticlesfromopen-accessjournalsthatcaninmanycasesalsobefoundonajournal'sownwebsite. ItisasistersitetoTheFreeDictionaryandusageexamplesintheformof"referencesinclassicliterature"takenfromthesite'scollectionareusedonTheFreeDictionary'sdefinitionpages.Inaddition,double-clickingonawordinthesite'scollectionofreferencematerialsbringsuptheword'sdefinitiononTheFreeDictionary. Seealso[edit] Listofonlinedictionaries Listofonlineencyclopedias References[edit] ^"Farlex-referenceandlearningtools".Farlex. ^"TheFreeDictionary.comWHOIS,DNS,&DomainInfo".WHOIS.DomainTools.Retrieved2016-09-23. ^"Sourcesofdata".TheFreeDictionary.RetrievedJune10,2009. ^"CommunityDictionary".www.definition-of.com. ^"Wikipedia(TheFreeDictionary.commirror)".TheFreeDictionary.com. Externallinks[edit] Officialwebsite TheFreeDictionary-Dictionary,Encyclopedia,andThesaurus Definition-Of-CommunityDictionary FreeThesaurus-Synonyms,Antonyms,andRelatedWords TheFreeLibrary-FreeNews,Magazines,Newspapers,Journals,ReferenceArticlesandClassicBooks Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Free_Dictionary&oldid=1091624671" Categories:AmericanonlineencyclopediasCompaniesbasedinMontgomeryCounty,PennsylvaniaMultilingualwebsitesOnlineencyclopediasOnlineEnglishdictionariesWebsiteswhichmirrorWikipedia21st-centuryencyclopediasHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionisdifferentfromWikidataArticleslackingreliablereferencesfromSeptember2007AllarticleslackingreliablereferencesOfficialwebsitedifferentinWikidataandWikipedia Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages БългарскиEspañolItalianoSimpleEnglishSuomi Editlinks