citation
IPA: saɪtˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
- The paper containing such summons or notice.
- The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.
- An entry in a list of sources from which information was taken, typically following a prescribed bibliographical style; a reference.
- The passage or words quoted; a quotation.
- (lexicography) A quotation with attached bibliographical details demonstrating the use of a particular lexical item in a dictionary, especially a dictionary on historical principles.
- Enumeration; mention.
- A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
- A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.
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Examples of "citation" in Sentences
- Is the citation the issue though
- The citation was in the reference.
- The citation is the directory commentary.
- The Bowley citation is inexact and the reference incomplete.
- The citation has to be supported and validated by the reference.
- The intention of the references was to validate the initial citations.
- The citations will be to books listed alphabetically in the bibliography.
- I noticed that the article on Medical Bionics has no citations or references.
- I added the proper reference for the citation of the text of the advertisement.
- I propose a second citation be added to the deprecation referring to the draft.