cite
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ciēre (“to rouse, excite, call”).
Verb edit
cite (third-person singular simple present cites, present participle citing, simple past and past participle cited)
- (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
- WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
- (transitive) To mention; to make mention of.
- 2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”.
- To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
- (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
- 2023 August 29, “Tribal ranger draws weapon on climate activists blocking road to Burning Man; conduct under review”, in AP News[2]:
- According to the tribe’s chairman, rangers cited five of the demonstrators, who had traveled to Nevada from New York, Washington, California and the European country of Malta. The chairman did not say what they were cited for.
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quote — see quote
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the first syllable of citation. Analogous to quote, from quotation.
Noun edit
cite (plural cites)
- (informal) A citation.
- We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.
Translations edit
citation — see citation
Further reading edit
- “cite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “cite”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “cite”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /sit/
Audio (file) - Homophones: citent, cites, scythe, Scythe, scythes, Scythes, site, sites
Verb edit
cite
- inflection of citer:
Latin edit
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cite
References edit
- “cite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French cite.
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Noun edit
cite (plural cites)
- A city (settlement larger than a town)
- Coordinate term: toun
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[3], published c. 1410, Luke 8:1, page 32r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- And it was doon aftirward · ⁊ [iheſus] made iourneis bi citees ⁊ caſtelis, [pꝛe]ch[in]ge ⁊ euangelizynge þe rewme of god / ⁊ twelue wiþ h[im] ·
- After that happened, Jesus made visits to cities and fortresses, preaching about and disseminating the kingdom of God with the Twelve alongside him.
- (religion) A stronghold or fortress.
- (rare) The people of a city.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “citẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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Verb edit
cite
- inflection of citar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθite/ [ˈθi.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsite/ [ˈsi.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ite
- Syllabification: ci‧te
Verb edit
cite
- inflection of citar: