Wordnik, a nonprofit organization, is an online English dictionary and language resource that provides dictionary and thesaurus content.[1] Some of the content is based on print dictionaries such as the Century Dictionary, the American Heritage Dictionary, WordNet, and GCIDE. Wordnik has collected a corpus of billions of words which it uses to display example sentences, allowing it to provide information on a much larger set of words than a typical dictionary. Wordnik uses as many real examples as possible when defining a word.[1][2]
Wordnik.com was launched as a closed beta in February 2008[3][4] and opened to all in June 2009.[5] Cofounders of the site are CEO Erin McKean, editorial director Grant Barrett, and chief computational lexicographer Orion Montoya, and head of engineering Anthony Tam.[6][4] McKean, Barrett, and Montoya all formerly worked in the US Dictionaries Department of Oxford University Press.[4][7][8] The startup company was originally headquartered in San Mateo, California.[9]
In September 2009, Wordnik purchased the social language site Wordie.org. All Wordie.org accounts and data were subsequently transferred to Wordnik.[10]
Wordnik's material is sourced from the Internet by automatic programs. It then shows readers the information regarding a certain word without any editorial influence.[2] Wordnik does not allow for user-contributed definitions, but seems to assert that it may allow for this in the future.[1]
In January 2011, McKean relaunched the company as Reverb Technologies, Inc. in Palo Alto, with Wordnik co-founder Anthony Tam.[11][12][13][14]
Under the name Reverb, they kept operating Wordnik.com, but also expanded its technology to other services and products, including "Reverbfor Publishers" which was a plug-in for blogs to find related articles.[11]
The company began a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 with the purpose of finding and adding a million words to Wordnik that had not yet been included in major English dictionaries.[15]
Statisticsedit
As of 14 January 2012[update], Wordnik Zeitgeist reports that,[16]
Wordnik is billions of words, 971,860,842 example sentences, 6,925,967 unique words, 231,628 comments, 178,718 tags, 121,432 pronunciations, 77,736 favorites and 1,022,649 words in 32,703 lists created by 81,138 Wordniks.
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^"Let's Add a Million Missing Words to the Dictionary". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
^. Wornik, Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
External linksedit
Official website
January 01, 1970
wordnik, nonprofit, organization, online, english, dictionary, language, resource, that, provides, dictionary, thesaurus, content, some, content, based, print, dictionaries, such, century, dictionary, american, heritage, dictionary, wordnet, gcide, collected, . Wordnik a nonprofit organization is an online English dictionary and language resource that provides dictionary and thesaurus content 1 Some of the content is based on print dictionaries such as the Century Dictionary the American Heritage Dictionary WordNet and GCIDE Wordnik has collected a corpus of billions of words which it uses to display example sentences allowing it to provide information on a much larger set of words than a typical dictionary Wordnik uses as many real examples as possible when defining a word 1 2 Wordnik comType of siteReference dictionary thesaurus etc Available inEnglishOwnerWordnik Society Inc Created byWordnik Society Inc URLwww wbr wordnik wbr comRegistrationOptionalUsers81 556 as of 20 January 2012 update LaunchedJune 2009 14 years ago 2009 06 Wiktionary the free open dictionary project is one major source of words and citations used by Wordnik Contents 1 History 2 Statistics 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editWordnik com was launched as a closed beta in February 2008 3 4 and opened to all in June 2009 5 Cofounders of the site are CEO Erin McKean editorial director Grant Barrett and chief computational lexicographer Orion Montoya and head of engineering Anthony Tam 6 4 McKean Barrett and Montoya all formerly worked in the US Dictionaries Department of Oxford University Press 4 7 8 The startup company was originally headquartered in San Mateo California 9 In September 2009 Wordnik purchased the social language site Wordie org All Wordie org accounts and data were subsequently transferred to Wordnik 10 Wordnik s material is sourced from the Internet by automatic programs It then shows readers the information regarding a certain word without any editorial influence 2 Wordnik does not allow for user contributed definitions but seems to assert that it may allow for this in the future 1 In January 2011 McKean relaunched the company as Reverb Technologies Inc in Palo Alto with Wordnik co founder Anthony Tam 11 12 13 14 Under the name Reverb they kept operating Wordnik com but also expanded its technology to other services and products including Reverb for Publishers which was a plug in for blogs to find related articles 11 The company began a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 with the purpose of finding and adding a million words to Wordnik that had not yet been included in major English dictionaries 15 Statistics editAs of 14 January 2012 update Wordnik Zeitgeist reports that 16 Wordnik is billions of words 971 860 842 example sentences 6 925 967 unique words 231 628 comments 178 718 tags 121 432 pronunciations 77 736 favorites and 1 022 649 words in 32 703 lists created by 81 138 Wordniks Wordnik ZeitgeistSee also editErin McKeanReferences edit a b c Wordnik Wordnik com Retrieved 2016 03 08 a b Eisenberg Anne 2011 12 31 Wordnik s Online Dictionary No Arbiters Please The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2016 03 08 Wordnik is becoming a not for profit Wordnik blog wordnik com 24 October 2014 Retrieved 2018 06 23 a b c Erin McKean launches Wordnik the revolutionary online dictionary TED Blog 2009 06 08 Old School Word Nerds Meet The Digital Age CBS News 2009 06 08 I Went From Working on Dictionaries to Tech 2018 03 14 Retrieved 2018 06 23 In 2008 McKean founded Wordnik the world s largest online English dictionary in terms of the number of words Online dictionary is lexicography s answer to the Swiss Army knife Calgary Herald 2009 06 12 Ali Rafat 2009 07 08 Online Dictionary Site Wordnik Gets 3 7 Million Funding Washington Post Xconomy The Web s Last Word on Words Xconomy 2011 10 26 Retrieved 2018 06 23 Wordnik amp Wordie Moving Day Official Wordnik Blog 2009 11 11 a b Xconomy If You Like Jennifer Aniston You Won t Like This Article About Reverb Xconomy 2013 03 12 Retrieved 2018 06 23 Reverb Technologies MongoDB Retrieved 2018 06 23 Reverb Technologies Vice President of Engineering and Technical Co founder Tony Tam APIs with Swagger An Interview with Reverb s Tony Tam InfoQ Retrieved 2018 06 23 Reverb Technologies Inc Palo Alto CA Company Page www dandb com Retrieved 2018 06 23 Founded 2011 Location Palo Alto CA 94301 Contacts Erin McKean Employees 5 Let s Add a Million Missing Words to the Dictionary Kickstarter Retrieved 2016 03 08 Wordnik Zeitgeist Wornik Inc Archived from the original on 2011 01 09 Retrieved 2012 01 14 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wordnik amp oldid 1218322918, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
