citation
pronunciation
How to pronounce citation in British English:
UK [saɪˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce citation in American English:
US [saɪˈteʃən]
-
- Noun:
- an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
- (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
Word Origin
- citation (n.)
- c. 1300, "summons, written notice to appear," from Old French citation or directly from Latin citationem (nominative citatio) "a command," noun of action from past participle stem of citare "to summon, urge, call; put in sudden motion, call forward; rouse, excite" (see cite). Meaning "passage cited, quotation" is from 1540s. From 1918 as "a mention in an official dispatch."
Example
- 1. Influential journals such as the lancet cost a few pennies per citation .
- 2. They were discovered in nature for the first time in 2009 , according to the citation .
- 3. That first citation for this use of cleavage appeared in time magazine .
- 4. Marshall received a citation for disorderly conduct in the most recent incident .
- 5. What the citation does not say is that this work also allows clones to be made from adult animals , potentially including people .