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Purpose

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Generates a citation and link for a word defined in the online edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.

Usage

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As with all reference notes, the template should be inserted after any punctuation, such as a period or comma. Also note that "AHDict", which redirects to the template Cite American Heritage Dictionary, may be used in its place for efficiency.

There is only one parameter:

{{ AHDict | word }}

  • word: Word that has been defined and thus needs a citation; a required parameter.

In addition, this template accepts all parameters that {{cite encyclopedia}} does, except |encyclopedia= and |publisher=.

Examples

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  • Triumphantly she said, "Go fish!"<ref>{{ AHDict | fish }}</ref>

This produces:

Triumphantly she said, "Go fish!"[1]

and the following in the references list:

"fish". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins.


  • The class was studying geodesy, which is the part of geology that studies the size and shape of the earth.<ref>{{ AHDict | geodesy }}</ref>

This produces:

The class was studying geodesy, which is the area in geology that studies the size and shape of the earth.[1]

and the following citation in the references list:

"geodesy". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins.

Linkage

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The template automatically generates an anchor in the format Reference-AHDict-{{{1}}}.


TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Cite American Heritage Dictionary in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Cite American Heritage Dictionary

Generates a citation and link for a word defined in the online edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
word1

Word that has been defined and thus needs a citation

Stringrequired