citations

Noun

citation (countable and uncountable, plural citations)

1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
   • No citation was issued upon this appeal returnable to the next term of this court, nor was the record filed and the cause docketed during that term. On the 29th of May, 1865, however, a citation was issued, returnable at this term, and service of this citation was acknowledged by the present...1851, “United States Reports/Volume 70”, in Castro v. United States, United States Supreme Court

   Synonyms:

   invocation, subpoena, summons, writ of summons

2. The paper containing such summons or notice.
3. The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.
4. An entry in a list of sources from which information was taken, typically following a prescribed bibliographical style; a reference.
5. An instance of having had one's work cited.
   • She has over 1,000 citations.
6. The passage or words quoted; a quotation.

   Synonyms:

   cite, quotation, quote

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