Template:Cite Lexico/doc

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Deprecated - this template has been deprecated. The websites - Lexico and Oxford Dictionaries - are no longer in service. The only available pages are web archives. The ideal solution is to replace the template with {{Cite dictionary}} or {{Cite web}} as it allows for better long-term maintenance by standardized tools such as IABot, WaybackMedic, Citation bot, etc.. which otherwise do not support this template. Deprecation of the template from 1,036 pages was completed September 2022 by User:GreenC (Example).

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This template is used for creating a citation of Lexico (lexico.com; formerly Oxford Dictionaries Online, OxfordDictionaries.com) for the specified search term. The access date can be specified, if desired, with the parameter access-date. The publication date can be specified with the |date= parameter, otherwise it defaults to "n.d." As of November 2021,^[ref] the publication year is 2021.

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{{Cite Oxford Dictionaries\|spoon}}	"spoon". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. n.d.

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{{Cite Lexico\|spoon\|date=2021\|access-date=3 May 2024}}	"spoon". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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{{Cite Oxford Dictionaries\|spoon\|access-date={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}}}}	"spoon". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. n.d. Retrieved 2024-05-03.

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{{Cite Oxford Dictionaries\|spoon\|us}}	"spoon". Lexico US English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. n.d.

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{{Cite Oxford Dictionaries\|spoon\|access-date=2010-04-15}}	"spoon". Oxford Dictionaries UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. n.d. Retrieved 2010-04-15.