Meaning

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

    repeat a passage from

  2. (transitive)To mention; to make mention of.

    make reference to

  3. To mention; to make mention of.

    (transitive)To mention by way of explanation.

  4. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.

  5. (transitive)To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

Examples

38 sentences
  1. Cite your source.

    Процитуй свої джерела. — deniko

  2. Tom's work is widely cited.

  3. Cite your sources.

  4. He cited her in his poetry.

  5. That man is always cited as an example.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentati

From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ciēre (“to rouse, excite, call”). Sense 4 is the original one.

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Forms

cites, citing, cited, cited
Base formcite · to cite
3rd person singularcites
Present participleciting
Past simplecited
Past participlecited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycite
he, she, itcites

Past simpleLesson

all personscited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cited
he, she, ithas cited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cite

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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