Template:Definition

Template documentation

This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

Usage

This template should be used in articles where a term is used that may have multiple definitions or meanings, or no consensus definition or meaning, so that is unclear what is being referred to when using the term. This requests that a definition be provided, so that the meaning of the sentence can be ascertained.

{{Definition|date=February 2023}}

This produces:

This template will add the article tagged to Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification or a monthly subcategory thereof.

See also

• {{Disambiguation needed}} – for the special case where the term needing clarification is wikilinked to a disambiguation page, and you are unable to find a suitable replacement link.
• {{Ambiguous}} – for ambiguous statements
• {{define?}} - for words that are too technical to be found in a general-purpose dictionary
• {{Clarify}} – for other text that is difficult to understand