In most standard dictionaries no author is given for either the overall dictionary or the individual entries so no author should be listed in your MLA citations.

In text citation dictionary mla. Definition number you may include that in the in-text citation along with the appropriate. Accessed date is also optional. The words from the title of the entry should be in quotation marks with each word starting with a capital letter.

Text of quotation Shoot n1. The words from the title of the entry should be in quotation marks with each word starting with a. However it is commonly used.

For example your in-text citations might look like this. The word thats being defined in quotation. Similarly how do you cite a dictionary in text MLA.

Both methods require a parenthetical citation in-text followed by a more. MLA Citation of Definitions in Text. The words from the title of the entry should be in quotation marks with each word starting with a capital letter.

If a dictionary or encyclopedia entry has no author the in-text citation should include the first one two or three words from title of the entry. If you do not have page numbers but there is another numbering system used eg. The in-text citations adhere to the standard author-page citation format.

The date of access is optional. While MLA 8th edition recommends including URLs they can be left out when citing a work found in a library database. Oxford English Dictionary 3rd ed Oxford UP.