citation

noun

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

Similar word(s): commendation

Definition categories: communication, accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels

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

Definition categories: communication

3. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

- the student's essay failed to list several important citations

Similar word(s): acknowledgment, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference

Definition categories: communication, annotation, notation, note

4. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

Similar word(s): quotation, quote

Definition categories: communication, excerpt, excerption, extract, selection

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

Definition categories: communication, process, summons

6. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

Definition categories: animal