Synonyms for citation
saɪˈteɪ ʃənci·ta·tion

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1. citationnoun

   Synonyms:
   quote, quotation

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1. citation, commendationnoun

   an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement

   Synonyms:
   approval, credit, quote, acknowledgment, mention, commendation, quotation, reference, cite

2. citationnoun

   (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

   Synonyms:
   credit, quote, acknowledgment, mention, commendation, quotation, reference, cite

3. citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   extension, denotation, commendation, course credit, book of facts, character reference, credit rating, reference point, character, reference, mention, honorable mention, deferred payment, acknowledgement, reference book, quote, acknowledgment, credit entry, recognition, computer address, consultation, address, source, quotation, cite, point of reference, credit, reference work

4. quotation, quote, citationnoun

   a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

   Synonyms:
   inverted comma, credit, quote, acknowledgment, mention, commendation, quotation, reference, quotation mark, cite

5. citationnoun

   a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding

   Synonyms:
   credit, quote, acknowledgment, mention, commendation, quotation, reference, cite

6. Citationnoun

   thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

   Synonyms:
   credit, quote, acknowledgment, mention, commendation, quotation, reference, cite

Matched Categories

1. • Award
   • Excerpt
   • Law
   • Speech Act
   • Summons
   • Thoroughbred

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1. citationnoun

   Synonyms:
   summons, official call or notice

2. citationnoun

   Synonyms:
   quotation, extract, excerpt, quoted passage

3. citationnoun

   Synonyms:
   enumeration, mention

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1. List of paraphrases for "citation":

   quotation, quote, citations, visa, summons, quotations, commendation, quotes, subpoena, reference, indent, visas, footnote

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1. Hillary Clinton:

   I have absolutely no support for a city that ignores the strong evidence that should be acted on. ... If it were a first-time traffic citation, if it were something minor, a misdemeanor, that's entirely different, this man had already been deported five times. And he should have been deported at the request of the federal government.

2. Professor Kalt:

   An honest citation would have acknowledged that I was concluding the opposite from the proposition for which they cited me.

3. Aurora Police:

   A minor infraction that likely would have resulted in a citation at most turned into an officer fighting for his life.

4. Sylvester Turner:

   And then a failure to heed to that warning will lead to a citation and a $ 250 fine.

5. James Peaco III:

   If it's just clueless or careless, we'll either issue a citation or even just warn them off and tell them not to do it, if they've done something very egregious and really interrupted operations or they refuse to comply, then we have federal felony charges that we can apply to the situation.