English noun: citation | |||
1. | citation (communication) an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement | ||
Synonyms | commendation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels | ||
2. | citation (communication) (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | speech act | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
3. | citation (communication) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | ||
Samples | The student's essay failed to list several important citations. The acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book. The article includes mention of similar clinical cases. | ||
Synonyms | acknowledgment, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference | ||
Broader (hypernym) | annotation, notation, note | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cross-index, cross-reference, photo credit | ||
4. | citation (communication) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited | ||
Synonyms | quotation, quote | ||
Broader (hypernym) | excerpt, excerption, extract, selection | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | epigraph, mimesis, misquotation, misquote | ||
5. | citation (communication) a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding | ||
Broader (hypernym) | process, summons | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
6. | Citation (animal) thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948 | ||
Instance hypernym | thoroughbred | ||