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This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to provide a citation to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online website.

|1= or |entry= – the name of the entry on the website. If this parameter is not stated, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used.
|2= or |url= – if the default URL is not linking to the correct webpage, use this parameter to indicate the URL of the webpage to be linked to.
|3=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage quoted from the website.
|nodot= – by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use |nodot=1 or |nodot=yes.

Wikitext:
- {{R:Longman}} (assuming the template is used on the or bust page); or
- {{R:Longman|entry=or bust}}; or
- {{R:Longman|or bust}}
Result: “or bust” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

Wikitext: {{R:Longman|entry=the sweat of somebody's brow|url=https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/the-sweat-of-somebody-s-brow|passage=the hard effort that someone has made in their work}}
Result: “the sweat of somebody's brow” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman: “the hard effort that someone has made in their work”.