citation
noun /saɪˈteɪʃn/
/saɪˈteɪʃn/
(formal)- [countable] words or lines taken from a book or a speech synonym quotation
- The report contained several citations taken from her PhD thesis.
- [countable] an official statement about something special that somebody has done, especially about acts of courage in a war
- a citation for bravery
- [uncountable] an act of citing or being cited
- Space does not permit the citation of the examples.
- [countable] (North American English) (also summons British and North American English)an order to appear in court
- The judge issued a contempt citation against the woman for violating a previous court order.
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2)): from Old French, from Latin citatio(n-), from citare ‘cite’.