cite
/saɪt/
cite verb: to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
Verb
cite (third-person singular simple present cites, present participle citing, simple past and past participle cited)
- To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18
- To mention; to make mention of.
- Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”.2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian
- To mention by way of explanation.
- Citing the risk involved with being out as a gay person and a union activist while simultaneously dealing with racism, Susan notes that there are no out gays or lesbians of color in her local, though its membership is about 80 percent people of color.1990 February 4, Pam Mitchell, “Pro-Union And Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 18
- Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, points to ongoing social unrest among rural youths in Morocco as another key reason why the law was passed. He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might...2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021
- To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
- This Act may be cited as the Boiler Explosions Act, 1882.1882 July 12, chapter 22, in Boiler Explosions Act, 1882, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2026, page 1
- To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
- According to the tribe’s chairman, rangers cited five of the demonstrators, who had traveled to Nevada from New York, Washington, California and the European country of Malta. The chairman did not say what they were cited for.2023 August 29, “Tribal ranger draws weapon on climate activists blocking road to Burning Man; conduct under review”, in AP News
Noun
cite (plural cites)
- A citation.
- We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.
cite meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
cite in Tamil
- மேற்கோள் காட்ட, மேற்கோள் காட்டும், மேற்கோள் காட்டவும்
cite in Marathi
- उद्धृत करणे, उद्धृत करा
cite in Urdu
- حوالہ دینا
cite in Bengali
- উদ্ধৃত করা, উদাহরণ দেওয়া, নাম করা, আহ্বান করা
More languagesFewer languages
- cite in Telugu
- ఉటంకించు uṭaṅkiñcu
- cite in Malayalam
- ഉദ്ധരിക്കുക, എടുത്തെഴുത്തുക, ഉദാഹരിക്കുക, തെളിവായി ഹാജരാക്കുക
- cite in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಮಾಣಿಸು, ಉದಾಹರಿಸು, ಆಧಾರ ನೀಡು, ಸಮನ್ಸ್ ಜಾರಿ ಮಾಡು
- cite in Gujarati
- ટાંકવું, ટાંકવા માટે, ટાંકવા
- cite in Odia
- ଉଦ୍ଧୃତ କରନ୍ତୁ, ଉଦ୍ଧୃତ କରିବା
- cite in Nepali
- उद्धृत गर्न
Examples of cite in a sentence
- She mentioned a series of contracts, of which certain are not cited.
- She cites other scholars' work only insofar as it supports her own theories.
- Are these "statistics" they cite verifiable, or are they just blowing smoke, trying to scare people?
Forms of cite
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | cites |
| present participle | citing |
| past participle | cited |
| past | cited |
| Noun | |
| plural | cites |
Origin of cite
From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ciēre (“to rouse, excite, call”). Sense 4 is the original one.
From the first syllable of citation. Analogous to quote, from quotation.
Words formed from cite
Words that rhyme with cite
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
- wite
Questions about cite
- What does cite mean?
- Cite means to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- What is cite in Tamil?
- Cite in Tamil is மேற்கோள் காட்ட, மேற்கோள் காட்டும், மேற்கோள் காட்டவும். See Cite meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cite?
- Cite can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce cite?
- Cite is pronounced /saɪt/.
- What is the past tense of cite?
- The past tense of cite is cited.
Words near cite in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cite (page history and authors); cite (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cite (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cite (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cite (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉటంకించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); cite (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cite (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cite (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cite (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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