cite

Speech parts

1. cite - Noun

2. cite - Verb

Meaning

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

To urge; to enjoin.

To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.

To bespeak; to indicate.

To notify of a proceeding in court.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

name mention adduce reference quote summon refer to citation call refer credit quotation summons invoke acknowledgment
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Antonyms

block compromise hide bottle denote suppress
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Hypernyms

name show evidence call notation refer

Hyponyms

demand appeal raise remember quote invoke

Phrases with the word

to cite cite in particular

Derivatives

cited citing

Anagrams

tice CETI EITC etic

Examples

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. William Shakespeare

In quoting others, we cite ourselves. Julio Cortázar

I must cite an intrinsic condition of the universe. We set forth in any direction which seems convenient; each leads to the same place: the end of the universe. Jack Vance

It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education. Barney Frank

In closing, I should like to cite a line from William Blake. "To see a world in a grain of sand - - - ” and allude to a possible parallel to see worlds in an electron. Hans Georg Dehmelt

Every time people cite a principle of theoretical physics in support of a metaphysical doctrine or physical dogma, they commit a mistake, for they attribute to this principle a meaning not its own, an import not belonging to it. Pierre Duhem

Close letter words and terms

citatory citatuzumab bogatox citaye cite in particular citeability citeable