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English
Wikipedia has an article on: WikipediaEtymology
Blend of wiki and encyclopedia, coined by Larry Sanger.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˌwɪkɪˈpiːdɪə/, SAMPA: /%wIkI"pi:dI@/
- (US) enPR: wĭ'kēpēʹdēə, IPA: /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/, SAMPA: /%wIki"pi:di@/
- Audio (US)help, file Audio (UK)help, file
- Rhymes: -iːdiə
Proper noun
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Singular Wikipedia |
Plural Wikipedias |
Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)
- An open-content online encyclopedia, collaboratively developed over the World Wide Web.
- 2005, Financial Times, December 14.
- Work in the open-source software community or contribute to wikipedias on your favourite subjects.
- 2005, Financial Times, December 14.
- (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A version of this encyclopedia in a particular language.
- There are over three million articles on the English Wikipedia.
Quotations
- 2006, Cindy Long, "Getting WIKI With It", NEAToday 25 (2): 40 (October)
- It’s because of this open editing feature that Wikipedia draws praise, criticism, and, at times, vandals.
- 2007, The Time Team, Doctor Who Magazine 384: 57 (June)
- "He probably looked them up on Wikipedia," suggests Peter. "That would explain why it’s so inaccurate," sighs Jac.
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Noun
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Singular Wikipedia |
Plural Wikipedias |
Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)
- (figuratively) A source of abundant encyclopedic knowledge; a modern encyclopedia.
- 2009, Baze Mpinja, "Six Beauty Secrets Every Model Knows", Glamour magazine on Msn.com
- Rules and insights from some of the hottest new faces in the biz—they’re walking Wikipedias of hair, skin and makeup knowledge.
- 2009, Baze Mpinja, "Six Beauty Secrets Every Model Knows", Glamour magazine on Msn.com
Verb
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Infinitive to Wikipedia |
Third person singular Wikipedias |
Simple past Wikipediaed |
Past participle Wikipediaed |
Present participle Wikipediaing |
to Wikipedia (third-person singular simple present Wikipedias, present participle Wikipediaing, simple past and past participle Wikipediaed)
- (transitive) To search for information on a topic in the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
- I wikipediaed the article on science and learned about the scientific method.
- (Can we verify() this sense?) (transitive) To add or an article of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
- I am going to wikipedia the article on my favorite actor.
Quotations
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- 2004, Mike Pitt, in rec.sport.soccer [1]
- Did a bit of Wikipediaing:
- http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika and
- http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania
- Did a bit of Wikipediaing:
- 2005, David DeLaney, in alt.religion.kibology [2]
- If I did Wikipediaing, I’d put your effort under the definition of ROXXORZ.
- 2005, Edward Cherlin, in rec.arts.sf.science [3]
- Is everybody in this group incapable of arithmetic, Googling, and Wikipediaing?
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Dutch
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: WikipediaEtymology
Borrowed from English.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wikipedia
Limburgish
Etymology
From English Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [wi˧gəˈpeːədia]
Proper noun
Wikipedia
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Business Day
ANYONE who has lived on the Bluff in Durban, or who has even briefly visited the area, will be amused by the Wikipedia entry on it. ...
David Allen
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:54:24 GM
This is an interesting device, which simply has to be very handy to anyone that holds it. The reason for this is because it contains the entire English content.
