name
Wikipedia
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A free, multilingual online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, run by the Wikimedia Foundation.
"She checked Wikipedia for a quick summary of the treaty."
verb
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To look something up on Wikipedia.
"Just wikipedia the actor's name if you can't remember it."
How to Use Wikipedia
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe well-known free online encyclopedia anyone can edit; informally, to search it for information.
Word Forms
Wikipediaed past tense, Wikipedias plural, Wikipedias plural, Wikipedias singular
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Etymology
A blend of "wiki" (a collaboratively editable site) and "encyclopedia," coined by Larry Sanger in 2001.