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noun
A citation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To mention; to make mention of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To mention; to make mention of.
To mention by way of explanation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
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noun
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: note, annotation, notation
Narrower terms: photo credit, cross-reference, cross-index
verb
call in an official matter, such as to attend court
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: summon, summons
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: call, send for
Narrower terms: vouch, demand
verb
advance evidence for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: adduce, abduce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show
verb
commend
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mention
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: notice, acknowledge
verb
repeat a passage from
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: quote
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
Narrower terms: misquote
verb
refer to for illustration or proof
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: quote
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
verb
make reference to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mention, advert, bring up, name, refer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: think of, have in mind, mean
Narrower terms: commend, remember, speak of the devil, quote, cite, touch on, invoke, appeal, namedrop, raise, bring up, drag up, dredge up, cross-refer
verb
refer to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: reference
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: write, compose, pen, indite
History
From the first syllable of citation. Analogous to quote, from quotation.
From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ciēre (“to rouse, excite, call”). Sense 4 is the original one.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
