citation

Nouns

  • (n) an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement commendation,
  • (n) (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
  • (n) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
    • 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
    cite, quotation, acknowledgment, mention, reference, credit,
  • (n) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited quotation, quote,
  • (n) a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
  • (n) thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

Synonyms

commendation cite quotation acknowledgment mention reference credit quote

Words of close approximity

citation form