Template:R:Lexico/documentation

Usage
This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections of Wiktionary entries, and on talk pages, to provide a citation to Lexico, a free online dictionary that was a collaboration between and Oxford University Press (OUP). In operation between 2019 and 2022, this online dictionary held the content that previously appeared on , which was known as Oxford Dictionaries Online and Oxford Living Dictionaries (since 2017).

Some of the dictionary’s content is archived at the Internet Archive; the template attempts to link to that website. If the link is incorrect, use url to specify the correct URL to link to. Do not use this template if a particular entry has not been archived at the Internet Archive.

Parameters
The template takes the following parameters:


 * 1 or entry – the entry cited. If the parameter is not specified, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry.
 * alt – an alternative form of the entry, with wikitext markup if required: see the example below.
 * 2, pos or part of speech – the part of speech of the entry. By default, the template italicizes the value assigned to the parameter and adds a full stop (period) to the end. To turn off the default formatting for the purpose of specifying a different formatting using wikitext markup and templates, specify 1 or yes: see the example below.
 * 3 or url – if the default URL is not linking to the correct webpage in the Dictionary, use this parameter to indicate the URL of the webpage to be linked to.
 * us – some entries only appear in the US version of the online dictionary. To cite these entries, specify 1 or yes.
 * subentry – a term that appears as a subentry under an entry.
 * subpos – the part of speech of the subentry.
 * 4, text, or passage – a passage quoted from the online dictionary.
 * nodot – by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use 1 or yes.

Examples

 * General
 * Wikitext:
 * (assuming the template is used in the Wiktionary entry ); or
 * ; or
 * Result:
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 * Wikitext:
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 * Wikitext:
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 * US spelling and the US version of the dictionary
 * Wikitext: (US spelling)
 * Result:


 * Wikitext: (entry only appearing in the US version of the online dictionary)
 * Result:


 * Citing a subentry
 * Wikitext:
 * Result: