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Verb
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cites, 3rd person singular present; cited, past participle; citing, present participle; cited, past tense;
  1. Quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, esp. in a scholarly work

  2. Mention as an example
    • - medics have been cited as a key example of a modern breed of technical expert
  3. Praise (someone, typically a member of the armed forces) for a courageous act in an official dispatch

  4. Adduce a former tried case as a guide to deciding a comparable case or in support of an argument

  5. Summon (someone) to appear in a court of law
    • - the summons cited four of defendants
Noun
  1. A citation


  1. citation: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
  2. mention: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
  3. mention: commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"
  4. reference: refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work"
  5. quote: repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
  6. quote: refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
  7. Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source (not always the original source). More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression (e.g. ...
  8. Cité is a metro station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.
  9. CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is an international agreement between governments, drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the International Union for ...
  10. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another; To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context; To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court
  11. (Cited) When a defendant is not in custody but has signed a ticket.
  12. (Cited) in Wallace v. Board of Trustees, 145 N.C. App. 264, 550 S.E.2d 552 (2001), cert. denied, 354 N.C. 580, 559 S.E.2d 553 (2001).
  13. (cited) the verb cite in the past tense and passive voice. To cite means: to mention the source' or the authority. An example: "In this study several examples are cited for the benefits of preventive medicine. ...
  14. (Citing) The process of acknowledging the sources of your information and ideas.
  15. (Citing) Acknowledging in the text.
  16. Used to make citations from the provided bibliography
  17. to give credit to the creator of an original work
  18. cite refers to a resource that defines a citation.
  19. name a source, giving authors credit for their work
  20. to make a citation, referring to a book, a journal article, or another source.
  21. The OGC Conformance & Interoperability Testing & Evaluation Initiative (CITE) is an OGC Interoperability Initiative designed to test and evaluate OGC Interfaces and products that implement them. ...
  22. a complex of buildings, but not usually in the sense of the English word "city". By itself the word most commonly means a housing development, usually but not always social housing. The term is used in a number of common compound expresions. See below.
  23. To provide information so someone else can locate a specific article or book. In the case of an article, the citation consists of author or authors, the date of publication, name of the article, page number(s), volume number, issue number, and page numbers.
  24. To provide a brief description of a document you have used to inform your arguments in a university assignment, by providing a citation.
  25. to make reference to a work or list your information sources; not to be confused with sight or site