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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 | ||
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