Sekirov Dictionary

cite

/saɪt/

verb 5
noun 1
forms 3

verb5

To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
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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
To mention by way of explanation.
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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
To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

noun1

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(informal) A citation.
- We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

forms

cited · citing · cites

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