Dictionary entry details
• CITE (noun)
Meaning:
A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
cite; quotation; acknowledgment; reference; mention; citation; credit
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("cite" is a kind of...):
annotation; notation; note (a comment or instruction (usually added))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cite"):
photo credit (a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph)
cross-index; cross-reference (a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work)
• CITE (verb)
Meaning:
Make reference to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
refer; cite; mention; advert; name; bring up
Context example:
His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):
have in mind; mean; think of (intend to refer to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cite"):
drag up; dredge up (mention something unpleasant from the past)
bring up; raise (put forward for consideration or discussion)
namedrop (refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them)
appeal; invoke (cite as an authority; resort to)
touch on (refer to or discuss briefly)
cite; quote (refer to for illustration or proof)
remember (mention favourably, as in prayer)
speak of the devil (mention someone's name who just then appears)
commend; remember (mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship)
cross-refer (refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Commend
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cite; mention
Context example:
he was cited for his outstanding achievements
Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):
acknowledge; notice (express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with)
Sentence frames:
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Sentence example:
Sam and Sue cite the movie
Meaning:
Refer to
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
reference; cite
Context example:
he referenced his colleagues' work
Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):
compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)
Domain category:
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Repeat a passage from
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
quote; cite
Context example:
He quoted the Bible to her
Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):
ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cite"):
misquote (quote incorrectly)
Sentence frames:
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Sentence examples:
The parents cite a French poem to the children
The parents cite the children a French poem
Meaning:
Refer to for illustration or proof
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
quote; cite
Context example:
He said he could quote several instances of this behavior
Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):
advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Advance evidence for
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
abduce; adduce; cite
Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):
bear witness; evidence; prove; show; testify (provide evidence for)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Call in an official matter, such as to attend court
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
summon; summons; cite
Hypernyms (to "cite" is one way to...):
call; send for (order, request, or command to come)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cite"):
vouch (summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title)
vouch in (summon into court to defend a lawsuit against another and to be made liable to pay any judgment secured for the plaintiff)
demand (summon to court)
Sentence frames:
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