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Thread: Purpose of the "define terms" section of English forums page

Started 1 month ago by prr
Every time I post in the English forum, I see a little section just above where I type my question, that asks me to define a term or two, use it in a sentences, etc. I would like to know more about this--does this site maintain an online dictionary or usage guide of some kind? What is done with this information?
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Flaminius replied 1 month ago
This site maintains many online dictionaries. Each dictionary entry collects links to forum discussions that have the headword as part of the thread title. For example, if you look up territory in the "Look up" field, the next page is the definition of the word territory . Go down the page and look for: Forum discussions with the word(s) 'territory' in the title: The items below ...

Flaminius's Avatar replied 1 month ago
This site maintains many online dictionaries. Each dictionary entry collects links to forum discussions that have the headword as part of the thread title. For example, if you look up territory in the "Look up" field, the next page is the definition of the word territory . Go down the page and look for: Forum discussions with the word(s) 'territory' in the title: The items below ...

jann replied 1 month ago
Flaminius may not be talking about the same thing you are... That "define terms" box at the top of the English Only forum is part of the Community Translation Project. This project is intended to improve the existing WordReference dictionaries (the ones Flaminius describes) by adding more and better example sentences + translations. Here 's the "homepage" for English sentences in the ...

jann's Avatar replied 1 month ago
Flaminius may not be talking about the same thing you are... That "define terms" box at the top of the English Only forum is part of the Community Translation Project. This project is intended to improve the existing WordReference dictionaries (the ones Flaminius describes) by adding more and better example sentences + translations. Here 's the "homepage" for English sentences in the ...

Flaminius replied 1 month ago
You are right, jann. What I described doesn't miss the mark, ahem, so much, but yours hit the nail on the head.

Flaminius's Avatar replied 1 month ago
You are right, jann. What I described doesn't miss the mark, ahem, so much, but yours hit the nail on the head.

prr replied 1 month ago
OK thanks for the explanation.

prr prr is offline Junior Member replied 1 month ago
OK thanks for the explanation.

 

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Flaminius
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Purpose of the "define...
Published (2009-11-12 08:50:00)
You are right, jann. What I described doesn't miss the mark, ahem, so much, but yours hit the nail on the head.
prr
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Purpose of the "define...
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OK thanks for the explanation.
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Purpose of the "define...
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You are right, jann. What I described doesn't miss the mark, ahem, so much, but yours hit the nail on the head.
prr prr is offline Junior Member
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Purpose of the "define...
Published (2009-11-12 22:11:00)
OK thanks for the explanation.
jann
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Purpose of the "define...
Published (2009-11-12 08:21:00)
Flaminius may not be talking about the same thing you are... That "define terms" box at the top of the English Only forum is part of the Community Translation Project. This project is intended to improve the existing WordReference dictionaries (the ones Flaminius describes) by adding more and better example sentences + translations. Here 's the "homepage" for English sentences in the community...
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user's latest post:
Purpose of the "define...
Published (2009-11-12 08:21:00)
Flaminius may not be talking about the same thing you are... That "define terms" box at the top of the English Only forum is part of the Community Translation Project. This project is intended to improve the existing WordReference dictionaries (the ones Flaminius describes) by adding more and better example sentences + translations. Here 's the "homepage" for English sentences in the community...

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