Wikidata:Property proposal/Macmillan Dictionary entry (American English)

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Macmillan Dictionary entry (American English)[edit]

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Lexemes

Descriptionidentifier for an entry in the American English version of the Macmillan Dictionary
RepresentsMacmillan Dictionary (Q55579300)
Data typeExternal identifier
Domainlexeme
Allowed values[A-z0-9\_\-]+
Example 1curb (L16605) --> curb_1
Example 2cliche/cliché (L318179) --> cliche
Example 3to be fair (L201344) --> to-be-fair
Example 4consumerism (L318554) --> consumerism
Example 524/7/365 (L44136) --> 24-7-365
Example 7Zambian (L722700) --> zambian_2
Example 8Jupiter (L21962) --> jupiter
Sourcehttps://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/
Planned useadding to lexemes being created or being edited
Expected completenessalways incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URLhttps://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/$1
See alsoCollins Online English Dictionary entry (P11230), The Britannica Dictionary entry (P11263), Merriam-Webster online dictionary entry (P11130), Oxford English Dictionary entry ID (pre-July 2023) (P5275)
Applicable "stated in"-valueMacmillan Dictionary (Q55579300)

Motivation[edit]

Like other properties listed above under "see also", this property would link English-language lexemes to a major English dictionary with stable and predictable URLs. This is for the American English version of the dictionary. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 04:48, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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