CITATION
Scrabble letter values: C3I1T1A1T1I1O1N1 = 10
Definition
- noun an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement. — synonyms: commendation
- noun (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.).
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. — synonyms: cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation
- noun a passage or expression that is quoted or cited. — synonyms: quotation, quote
- noun a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding.
- noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948.
Examples
- “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”