an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
Used in a Sentence
citation
How to use citation in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for citation.
Editorial note
10-20x seems pretty specific - what's the citation on that?
Examples9
Definitions6
Parts of speech1
Quick take
an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of citation gathered in one view.
(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
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"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for citation.
noun
an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
See also: commendation
noun
(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
noun
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"
See also: cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation
noun
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
noun
a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
noun
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948
See also: Citation
Example sentences
10-20x seems pretty specific - what's the citation on that?
"This is an audacious enough claim that citation is needed.
I'm really tired of the single-word, zero-effort "sources" or "citation" meme.
* Only upon being threatened with a contempt citation did Levison actually enter a productive discussion with the DOJ.
This guy is a scientist by definition if he has any experimental validation, and I didn't see a citation for anyone being shamed.
Your person stole his research and content, initially without attribution according to him, and including "nearly word-for-word" citations.
As you can see from the citation style and LaTeX footer, it was suggested by my advisor that I submit a draft to one of the general ACM journals for publication, but I never got around to it, so I never fully proofed the paper either.
But around half is stuff that can be scientifically demonstrated and just off-handedly saying something is invalid whilst proclaiming the opposite without providing any citations is counter-productive.
From Wikipedia:Ray was the principal inventor of the first CCD flatbed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first text-to-speech synthesizer[citation needed], the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use citation in a sentence?
10-20x seems pretty specific - what's the citation on that?
What does citation mean?
an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
What part of speech is citation?
citation is commonly used as noun.