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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Citation \Ci*ta"tion\, n. [F. citation, LL. citatio, fr.L.
     citare to cite. See Cite]
     1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear;
        the paper containing such summons or notice.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another
        person, in his own words; also, the passage or words
        quoted; quotation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This horse load of citations and fathers. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Law) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority,
        to prove a point in law.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Citation \Ci*ta"tion\, n. [F. citation, LL. citatio, fr.L.
     citare to cite. See Cite]
     1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear;
        the paper containing such summons or notice.
  
     2. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another
        person, in his own words; also, the passage or words
        quoted; quotation.
  
              This horse load of citations and fathers. --Milton.
  
     3. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
  
     4. (Law) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority,
        to prove a point in law.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  citation
       n 1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given
            as formal public statement [syn: commendation]
       2: (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written
          passages or legal precedents etc.)
       3: 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" [syn: acknowledgment,
           credit, reference, mention, quotation]
       4: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation,
           quote]
       5: a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a
          proceeding
       6: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  citation
     Γαλλικά n.
     η παραπομπή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  citation
     French n.
     (l en citation), quotation
     n.
     An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  citation
     n.
     An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  citation
     French n.
     (l en citation), quotation
     n.
     An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  citation
     French n.
     (l en citation), quotation
     n.
     An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  citation
     Ranska n.
     1 lainaus, sitaatti
     2 (yhteys oikeustiede k=fr) haaste
     3 kunniamaininta

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  citation
     Engelska n.
     citat, åberopande

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  citation /saɪtˈeɪʃən/
  aanhaling

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Citation /saɪtˈeɪʃən/
  الإقتباس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  citation //ˌsaɪˈteɪʃn̩// //ˌsaɪˈteɪʃən// /[ˌsaɪˈtʰeɪʃn̩]/ 
  1. позоваване
  a reference to decided cases, or books of authority
  2. призовка
  an official summons
  3. изброяване
  enumeration
  4. цити́ране
  the act of citing a passage from a book
  5. цита́т
  the passage or words quoted; quotation

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  citation /saɪtˈeɪʃən/ 
  citace