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- dictionaries - How much should I trust Wiktionary? - English Language . . .
1) Wiktionary is a multilingual dictionary and each Wiktionary site attempts to translate words from all known languages into one single language (e g , en wikt for all languages into English) This is one advantage over OED or Webster 2) Wiktionary (or volunteers who work on the website) strives to be descriptive
- Can the word genocide be used as a verb? If it cant, what are the . . .
In all of the dictionaries I looked at besides Wiktionary, there is not a definition of "genocide" as a verb So I need to ask you if you think it is okay or usual to you to use "genocide" as a verb to mean "To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely" like in "The bla bla bla nation genocided the bla bla bla nation "
- Does Im gonna get it mean that Im going to get scolded or punished?
Non-historical dictionaries (and Wiktionary is one) list usages in order of currency (how often each is used) Wiktionary lists the 'catch on' sense before the 'cop it' sense But all of the senses 1-3 they list, and if vulgar slang is allowed, sense 4, are correct Usually, context will ensure the correct one is assumed –
- Different words with the same meaning
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- Suitable verb for gently stroking someones butt
For fondle wiktionary offers two senses, “To touch or stroke lovingly [eg] Mothers fondle their babies” and “To grasp [eg] The lovers fondled each other” I've always thought of fondle in the former sense, and was unaware of its “To grasp” sense until now, so would not have assigned such overt sexual overtones to it
- Difference between gangway and aisle in an auditorium
From Wiktionary: Gangway: a passageway through which to enter or leave, such as one between seating areas in an auditorium, or between two buildings Aisle: a clear path through rows of seating Is the key difference here that a gangway leads to an exit door, while an aisle can just lead from one wall to the other in an auditorium or movie theater?
- word meaning - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Wiktionary: (transitive) To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs OED: 2 a: To cherish (young brood) under the wings, as a hen does; often figurative 5 To sit as a hen on eggs; to sit or hover with outspread cherishing wings
- spelling - Authoritative vs. Authorative - English Language . . .
I have looked up "Authorative" in Merriam Webster and on Wiktionary, and the word does not exist there However, a general Google search for "Authorative" turns up quite a few references Are all these people (including myself) really using a mis-spelled word, or is "Authorative" just a variant spelling?
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