The Free Dictionary
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The Free Dictionary is an American online dictionary and encyclopedia that aggregates information from various sources.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="auto1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is accessible in fourteen languages.<ref name="auto1" />
HistoryEdit
The Free Dictionary was launched in 2005 by Farlex.<ref name="WAPO2005" /> In the same year, it was included in PCMagTemplate:'s Make Your Browser Better list.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ContentEdit
The site cross-references the contents of dictionaries such as The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the Collins English Dictionary; encyclopedias such as the Columbia Encyclopedia, the Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, the Hutchinson Encyclopedia (subscription), and Wikipedia; book publishers such as McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, HarperCollins, as well as the Acronym Finder database, several financial dictionaries, legal dictionaries, and other content.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="auto1" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
It has a feature that allows a user to preview an article while positioning the mouse cursor over a link. One can also click on any word to look it up in the dictionary. The website has sections such as Spelling Bee, Word Pronunciation, My Word List, and Match Up.<ref name="auto" />
It is available as a mobile app called "Dictionary app by Farlex".<ref name="auto1" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FarlexEdit
The site is run by Farlex, Inc., located in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.<ref name="WAPO2005">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Farlex also maintains a companion title, The Free Library, an online library of out-of-copyright classic books as well as a collection of periodicals of over four million articles dating back to 1984, and definition-of.com,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a community dictionary of slang and other terms.
The Free LibraryEdit
The Free Library has a separate homepage. It is a free reference website that offers full-text versions of classic literary works by hundreds of authors. It is also a news aggregator, offering articles from a large collection of periodicals containing over four million articles dating back to 1984. Newly published articles are added to the site daily.Template:Cn The site comprises a selection of articles from open-access journals that can in many cases also be found on a journal's own website.
It is a sister site to The Free Dictionary and usage examples in the form of "references in classic literature" taken from the site's collection are used on The Free DictionaryTemplate:'s definition pages. In addition, double-clicking on a word in the site's collection of reference materials brings up the word's definition on The Free Dictionary.Template:Cn
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- The Free Dictionary – Dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus
- Definition-Of – Community dictionary
- Free Thesaurus – Synonyms, antonyms, and related words
- The Free Library – Free news, magazines, newspapers, journals, reference articles and classic books