Cmmunity Semantics

The following are sources that allow anyone to add dictionary and/or encyclopedia entries and which carry significantly large vocabularies.

The ratings are on a 1-to-5 scale, indicating how useful these sources appear to be for lexicography, based on our analyst’s opinion of the following:

· consistency of format

· quality of content

· quantity of entries

Rating	Source	Comments
	CIDE - Collaborative International Dictionary of English	Large vocabulary, based on 1913 Websters, not as well supported since 2003 but still accessible; regex searchable
	Definition-Of Community Dictionary	By Farlex; strong in UK-English; basic parts of speech labeled on most entries; lots of dupe entries; RSS feed available
	Digger.com	Very complete coverage; good interface for user submissions; limited access for free, licensable for higher volume use
	Forvo	Has audible pronunciations instead of definitions; after free sign-up, can add your own words and upload pronunciations too
	Freebase	Based largely on Wikipedia, but increasingly supplemented by other contributions; very consistent format; Semantic Web
	Merriam-Webster Open Dictionary	Steady flow of new words, many UK-English; allows anonymous contributions of headwords; format is readily parsable
	The People’s Dictionary	UK-based dictionary lets you submit a word and URL and they will track usage stats on that word
	Twine	If a headword does not exist yet you can “own” its definition, otherwise you can just add supplementary info; Semantic Web
	UrbanDictionary	Very complete coverage of slang; UK-biased, many dupes
	Wikipedia	Varying formats across entries, not parsable in a consistent way
	Wiktionary	Consistent format, strong monitoring and curation
	Wordnik	Web 2.0 type site; allows you to tag, list, and comment on existing words; offers WordPress, Twitter, Androids apps/plugins

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