Template:Cite OED/doc

The Cite OED template generates a citation and online reference for a particular word defined in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. No support for volume or page is included; they are inappropriate for an online citation.

Usage

If used within an inline footnote, the footnote should be inserted after punctuation, such as a period or comma.

In its simplest form: {{Cite OED|term}} – where term is a word or a term used in the OED

To avoid ambiguity with words that may have multiple definitions (for example, "get" has 3 distinct definitions as a noun and one as a verb in the OED), the OED ID included in the URL of the page may be cited; https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/144742 has ID 144742. However, citing the ID may prevent jumping to the location of a compound term; for example {{Cite OED|pith helmet|id=144742}} will link to the top of the "pith" page, while {{Cite OED|pith helmet}} will link, more usefully, to "pith helmet" on that page.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Cite OED

Citation template for the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Term	term 1	Term in the OED Example Acronym	String	required
ID	id	OED ID Example 1844	Number	optional
Access date	access-date accessdate	Date the OED was verified as supporting the content it is cited for Example 10 September 2016	Date	suggested
ref	ref	Anchor ID Default {{harvid|Reference-OED-{{{term|{{{1|}}}}}} Example OEDacronym	String	optional
Short	short	Suppresses the display of the publisher, default date, and subscription notice Example yes	String	optional
Mode	mode	Citation style Default CS1 Example CS2	String	optional
Edition	edition	Edition of the OED Default 3rd Example 2nd	String	optional
Date	date	Date of entry Example October 2016	Date	optional

See also

• {{Britannica}}, which generates citation code for the Encyclopædia Britannica, another British resource
• {{Cite OED1}}, which generates citation code for the first edition
• {{Cite OED2}}, which generates citation code for the second edition