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Usage
This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to cite the Cambridge English Dictionary (CED) website.
Parameters
|1=or|entry=– the name of the entry on CED. If this parameter is not stated, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used.|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|noformat=1or|noformat=yes.|2=or|url=– if the default URL is not linking to the correct webpage, use this parameter to indicate the URL of the CED webpage to be linked to.|3=or|accessdate=– The date on which CED was accessed. Use either of these date formats: 1 January 2017 or January 1, 2017.|source=– use this parameter to indicate the source relied on by CED, as follows:- Academic – Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary (2009).
- Advanced – Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (4th edition, 2013).
- Business – Cambridge Business English Dictionary (2011).
|4=or|passage=– a passage quoted from CED.|nodot=– by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use|nodot=1or|nodot=yes.
Examples
- Wikitext:
{{R:Cambridge|pos=n}}(assuming the template is used on the dictionary page) - Result: “dictionary, n.”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- Wikitext:
{{R:Cambridge|entry=throw cold water on something|pos=idiom|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/throw-cold-water-on|source=Advanced|accessdate=1 January 2017}} - Result: Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “throw cold water on something, idiom”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 1 January 2017, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Wikitext:
{{R:Cambridge|entry=debenture|pos=n|source=Business|passage=a type of loan, often used by companies to raise money, that is paid back over a long period of time and at a fixed rate of interest}} - Result: “debenture, n.”, in Cambridge Business English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 2011, →ISBN, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: “a type of loan, often used by companies to raise money, that is paid back over a long period of time and at a fixed rate of interest”