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citational

citational adjective: of or pertaining to citation or citations.

Adjective

citational (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to citation or citations.
    • Sample entries from the Oxford English Dictionary (Murray et al. 1888-1928) were discussed in class, focusing on the functions of displaying the citational evidence in a dictionary entry.2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings...

Origin of citational

From citation + -al.

Words formed from citational

Questions about citational

What does citational mean?
Citational means of or pertaining to citation or citations.
What part of speech is citational?
Citational is an adjective.

Words near citational in the dictionary

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

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