citation
1. an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
commendation
• Derivationally related forms:
commend (for: commendation), cite
• Hypernyms:
award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels
2. (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
• Derivationally related forms:
cite
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
speech act
3. 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
• Syn:
cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation
• Derivationally related forms:
mention (for: mention), reference (for: reference), credit (for: credit), acknowledge (for: acknowledgment), cite
• Hypernyms:
note, annotation, notation
• Hyponyms:
photo credit, cross-reference, cross-index
4. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
• Syn:
quotation, quote
• Derivationally related forms:
cite, quote (for: quote), quote (for: quotation)
• Hypernyms:
excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
• Hyponyms:
epigraph, mimesis, misquotation, misquote
5. a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
• Derivationally related forms:
cite
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
summons, process
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