cite

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
  2. verb make reference to
  3. verb commend

Etymology

From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ciēre (“to rouse, excite, call”). Sense 4 is the original one.

In classic literature

Synonyms

citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation

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