Template:Cite Lexico/doc

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) the publication year is 2021.

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{{Cite Oxford Dictionaries|spoon}}	"spoon". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/spoon.

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{{Cite Lexico|spoon|date=2021|access-date=11 October 2025}}	"spoon". spoon. Oxford University Press. 2021. https://web.archive.org/www.lexico.com/definition/spoon. Retrieved 11 October 2025.

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{{Cite Oxford Dictionaries|spoon|access-date={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{subst:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{subst:CURRENTDAY2}}}}	"spoon". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/spoon.

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{{Cite Oxford Dictionaries|spoon|us}}	"spoon". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/spoon.

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{{Cite Oxford Dictionaries|spoon|access-date=2010-04-15}}	"spoon". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/spoon.