citation

citation is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
2. noun. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.
3. noun. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
4. noun. A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
5. noun. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948
6. noun. a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
7. noun. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

   Synonyms: quotation, quote

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

   Synonyms: commendation

9. 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"

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

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

Synonyms

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

Common word forms

citations, citational

Words from these letters

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