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citation forms

citation forms is the plural of citation form.

Meaning of citation form

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...

Questions about citation forms

What is citation forms the plural of?
Citation forms is the plural of citation form.

Words near citation forms in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: citation forms (page history and authors); 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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