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Cite

//saɪt// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A citation. informal

    "We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper."

  2. 2
    a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. transitive

    "WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets."

  2. 2
    call in an official matter, such as to attend court wordnet
  3. 3
    To mention; to make mention of. transitive

    "Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”."

  4. 4
    advance evidence for wordnet
  5. 5
    To mention; to make mention of.; To mention by way of explanation. transitive

    "Citing the risk involved with being out as a gay person and a union activist while simultaneously dealing with racism, Susan notes that there are no out gays or lesbians of color in her local, though its membership is about 80 percent people of color."

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  1. 6
    commend wordnet
  2. 7
    To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  3. 8
    repeat a passage from wordnet
  4. 9
    To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. transitive

    "According to the tribe’s chairman, rangers cited five of the demonstrators, who had traveled to Nevada from New York, Washington, California and the European country of Malta. The chairman did not say what they were cited for."

  5. 10
    refer to for illustration or proof wordnet
  6. 11
    make reference to wordnet
  7. 12
    refer to wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From the first syllable of citation. Analogous to quote, from quotation.

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