Template:Cite OED

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For the template to cite the Online Etymology Dictionary, see Template:Cite OEtymD.

This template generates a citation for a particular term defined in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Usage

{{Cite OED|headword|entry ID}}

To retrieve the entry ID, click "Cite" on the entry page and copy the 10-digit number after https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/. If the ID is absent, the headword is linked to the search results. The first and second parameters have aliases |term= and |id=, respectively.

Markup	Renders as
{{Cite OED|A|7382069290}}	"A". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/OED/7382069290. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
{{Cite OED|term=A|id=7382069290}}	"A". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/OED/7382069290. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
{{Cite OED|term}}	"term". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

Some entries, such as those that have been chosen as "the word of the day", are fully accessible to everyone. You may note this and suppress the indication of required subscription by setting |access=free.

Markup	Renders as
{{Cite OED|ADA|6984906085|access=free}}	"ADA". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/OED/6984906085.

For backwards compatibility, if the given ID is nine digits or less, the link uses the URL scheme that was used before the July 2023 overhaul of the OED site; existing links continue to work and do not need updating.

Markup	Renders as
{{Cite OED|A|1}}	"A". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
{{Cite OED|ADA|104006160}}	"ADA". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

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Citation template for the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Headword	term 1	Headword in the OED Example Acronym	String	required
Entry ID	id 2	ID after "https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/" (click "Cite" on the OED site to see) Example 7382069290	Number	suggested
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
Date	date	Date of entry Example October 2016	Date	optional
Access	access	"free" if the entry is free to read for anyone Example free	String	optional

See also

• {{Cite OED1}}, which generates citation code for the first (print) edition
• {{Cite OED2}}, which generates citation code for the second (print) edition

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