Cite

Quick meaning: Cite is a verb meaning (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

Meaning

(transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
2. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
3. (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
4. (informal) A citation.

Example Sentences

We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”.

According to the tribe’s chairman, rangers cited five of the demonstrators, who had traveled to Nevada from New York, Washington, California and the European country of Malta. The chairman did not say what they were cited for.

WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.

Word Forms

• cites
• citing
• cited

Synonyms for cite

Depending on context, synonyms include acknowledge, reference, advert, name, refer, summon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quote, reference, refer, name, mention, advert.

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