: Re: Does Wiktionary supply what writers need in an online dictionary? There are actually Wiktionaries for many languages and the English Wiktionary also defines and translates words of many other languages.

I've tried the Wiktionary and I really like some aspects of it, like having all the different regionalisms listed next to each other. (eg. 'fanny' has both the benign North American definition and the less-innocent UK version).

But sometimes I go to a dictionary in need of an authority. You know... 'Webster's says..." or "According to the OED...", and the Wiktionary doesn't serve too well for that purpose.

So, for me, it's a good resource if I'm looking for basic word meanings for my own understanding, but it doesn't work as well if I'm trying to convince someone else of what a word means.

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