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- How much should I trust Wiktionary? - English Language Learners Stack . . .
Wiktionary theoretically has the same vulnerabilities as Wikipedia These include people engaging in internet vandalism, people editing a wiki to push an agenda, people who are editing Wiktionary in good faith but who are biased, and lack of editorial oversight
- Can the word genocide be used as a verb? If it cant, what are the . . .
Here, on Wiktionary, it says we can use "genocide" as a transitive verb to mean "To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely " In other dictionaries though, I couldn't find any descriptions that define "genocide" as a verb
- Difference between clock off and clock out
Wiktionary gives virtually identical definitions for the two (clock off, clock out) It's being used in the context of someone paying by the ten-minute chunk for a service they're receiving
- Difference between gangway and aisle in an auditorium
0 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
- What does brood mean? - 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?
- What does “seas the day” mean? - English Language Learners Stack . . .
What does the idiom seas the day mean? An Indian cricketor tweets that he seas the day What part of speech is seas in the phrase? Is it a verb? How did the phrase c
- Is compromisation actually used, or is there a better word?
Keep in mind that Wiktionary is not created by lexicographers, so when you come across a word there that you can't find in other dictionaries, you should look at the "Citations" page and the "History" page to get a better understanding of how the word got into Wiktionary When I look over the edit history for the entry, it doesn't seem like compromisation is a good word to use
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