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CITE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

Example:

the article includes mention of similar clinical cases

Synonyms:

acknowledgment; citation; cite; credit; mention; quotation; reference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cite" is a kind of...):

annotation; notation; note (a comment or instruction (usually added))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cite"):

photo credit (a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph)

cross-index; cross-reference (a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Call in an official matter, such as to attend court

Synonyms:

cite; summon; summons

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):

call; send for (order, request, or command to come)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cite"):

vouch (summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title)

demand (summon to court)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

citation (a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Advance evidence for

Synonyms:

abduce; adduce; cite

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):

bear witness; evidence; prove; show; testify (provide evidence for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

citation (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)

citation (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Commend

Example:

he was cited for his outstanding achievements

Synonyms:

cite; mention

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):

acknowledge; notice (express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue cite the movie

Derivation:

citation (an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Repeat a passage from

Example:

He quoted the Bible to her

Synonyms:

cite; quote

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

Verb group:

cite; quote (refer to for illustration or proof)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cite"):

misquote (quote incorrectly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

The parents cite a French poem to the children

The parents cite the children a French poem

Derivation:

citation (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)

citation (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage)

citation ((law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Refer to for illustration or proof

Example:

He said he could quote several instances of this behavior

Synonyms:

cite; quote

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Verb group:

cite; quote (repeat a passage from)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
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Sense 6

Meaning:

Make reference to

Example:

His name was mentioned in connection with the invention

Synonyms:

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):

have in mind; mean; think of (intend to refer to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cite"):

commend; remember (mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship)

speak of the devil (mention someone's name who just then appears)

remember (mention favorably, as in prayer)

cite; quote (refer to for illustration or proof)

touch on (refer to or discuss briefly)

appeal; invoke (cite as an authority; resort to)

namedrop (refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them)

bring up; raise (put forward for consideration or discussion)

drag up; dredge up (mention something unpleasant from the past)

cross-refer (refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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Derivation:

citation (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)

citation (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage)

citation ((law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.))

Sense 7

Meaning:

Refer to

Example:

he referenced his colleagues' work

Synonyms:

cite; reference

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):

compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)

Domain category:

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
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Derivation:

citation (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)

citation (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage)

citation ((law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.))

Credits

 Context examples: 

The researchers noted the sevengill sharks might not have the same effect on the ecosystems involved as the great whites have had, citing the ecological disruption apparently caused off Alaska when a change in orca behavior had a knock-on effect, disrupting sea otters' predation of sea urchins, whose population then exploded, plowing through the area's kelp forests.

(Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in, Wikinews)

The researchers, citing data from the Centers for Disease Control, said that over the past century people in the United States are sleeping an estimated 1.5 to two hours less, and about one-third of the working population sleeps less than six hours per night.

(Chronic Sleep Deprivation Suppresses Immune System, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The study authors cited possible explanations for the higher risk, including advanced age of sperm and egg in older couples or cumulative exposure to substances in the environment, which could be expected to increase as people age.

(Couples’ pre-pregnancy caffeine consumption linked to miscarriage risk, NIH)

I have heard a traveller from the wilds of America say that he looked upon the Red Indian and the English gentleman as closely akin, citing the passion for sport, the aloofness and the suppression of the emotions in each.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The authors cited an animal study that associated weight gain with changes in the types of bacteria and other microbes in the digestive tract.

(Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, NIH)