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English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcitacioun, fromOld Frenchcitation, fromLatincitātiō. Bysurface analysis,cite +‎-ation.

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Noun

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citation (countable anduncountable,pluralcitations)

  1. An officialsummons ornotice given to a person toappear.
    • 1851, “United States Reports/Volume 70”, inCastro v. United States,United States Supreme Court:
      Nocitation was issued upon this appeal returnable to the next term of this court, nor was the record filed and the cause docketed during that term. On the 29th of May, 1865, however, acitation was issued, returnable at this term, and service of thiscitation was acknowledged by the present district attorney; and the writ was returned and the record filed at this term, under an agreement between the district attorney and the attorney for the claimants, to submit the cause upon printed briefs.
  2. Thepaper containing such summons or notice.
  3. The act ofciting a passage from atext, or from another person, using theexact words of the original text or speech and givingcredit to the original byreferencing.
  4. An entry in a list ofsources from which information was taken, typically following a prescribedbibliographical style; areference.
  5. Thepassage or words quoted; aquotation.
  6. (lexicography) Aquotation with attachedbibliographical detailsdemonstrating the use of a particularlexical item in adictionary, especially adictionary on historical principles.
    • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, inEnglish World-Wide[1], page 3:
      Historically, target words were garnered through focused reading programs andcitations were handwritten on slips of paper which were collated alphabetically and stored in drawers for ready access (much like old-fashioned library catalogues).
  7. Enumeration; mention.
    It's a simplecitation of facts.
  8. Areference to decided cases, or books ofauthority, to prove a point inlaw.
  9. Acommendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formalstatement of an achievement.

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Translations

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an official summons
the act of citing a passage from a book
the passage or words quoted; quotationseequote
(lexicography) a quotation with attached bibliographical details
enumeration
a reference to decided cases, or books of authority
a commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement
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Danish

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Noun

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citation c (singular definitecitationen,plural indefinitecitationer)

  1. citation (act of citing)
  2. quotation (act of quoting)

Inflection

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Declension ofcitation
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gender
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativecitationcitationencitationercitationerne
genitivecitationscitationenscitationerscitationernes

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French

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FrenchWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromLatincitātiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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citation f (pluralcitations)

  1. citation,quotation

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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FromLatincitātiō.

Noun

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citation c

  1. citation
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