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citation form

citation form noun: the basic form of a word or set of words used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a phrase).

Noun

citation form (plural citation forms)

  1. The basic form of a word or set of words used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a phrase).
    • For English, the citation form of a noun is the singular (and non-possessive) form: mouse rather than mice. For multiword lexemes that contain possessive adjectives or reflexive pronouns, the citation form uses a form of the indefinite pronoun one: do one's best, perjure oneself. In European...

Synonyms of citation form

Forms of citation form

pluralcitation forms

Questions about citation form

What does citation form mean?
Citation form means the basic form of a word or set of words used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a phrase).
What part of speech is citation form?
Citation form is a noun.
What is the plural of citation form?
The plural of citation form is citation forms.

Words near citation form in the dictionary

  1. citation
  2. citation cartel
  3. citation cartels
  4. citation cord
  5. citation cords
  6. citation form
  7. citation forms
  8. citation needed
  9. citational
  10. citationalities
  11. citationality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: citation form (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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