CITATION FORM

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does citation form mean? 

• CITATION FORM (noun)
  The noun CITATION FORM has 1 sense:

1. the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary

  Familiarity information: CITATION FORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITATION FORM (noun)

Meaning:

The form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

citation form; entry word; main entry word

Hypernyms ("citation form" is a kind of...):

descriptor; form; signifier; word form (the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something)

Holonyms ("citation form" is a part of...):

dictionary entry; lexical entry (the entry in a dictionary of information about a word)