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Plural of citation

regular plural

The plural of citation is citations.

Forms of citation

Singularcitation /ˌsaɪˈteɪʃn̩/
Pluralcitations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Citations in a sentence

  • In late September, over a three-day period, Placer County conducted 183 stops among riders, some involving groups, which led to 30 citations and 25 e-motorcycles being towed.2025 October 9, Denzen Cortez, “Placer County enforces e-bike and e-motorcycle regulations to curb reckless riding”, in KCRA
  • She has over 1,000 citations.
  • Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.From the entry print
  • Parenthetical referencing is a citation style which uses in-line citations enclosed within parentheses.From the entry in-line
  • For more usage examples of this term, see the citations page.From the entry preggo

Meaning of citation

  1. noun An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
  2. noun The paper containing such summons or notice.
  3. noun 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.

Full definition of citation

Questions about the plural of citation

What is the plural of citation?
The plural of citation is citations.
Is citation countable?
Citation is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: citation (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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