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Definition of citation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

citation

noun
 
/saɪˈteɪʃn/
 
/saɪˈteɪʃn/
(formal)
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  1. [countable] words or lines taken from a book or a speech synonym quotation
    • The report contained several citations taken from her PhD thesis.
  2. [countable] an official statement about something special that somebody has done, especially about acts of courage in a war
    • a citation for bravery
  3. [uncountable] an act of citing or being cited
    • Space does not permit the citation of the examples.
  4. [countable] (North American English)
    (also summons British and North American English)
    an order to appear in court
    • The judge issued a contempt citation against the woman for violating a previous court order.
    5. Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2)): from Old French, from Latin citatio(n-), from citare ‘cite’.
See citation in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee citation in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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