[sʌɪˈteɪʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work
(e.g: the majority of the citations are to work published during the past twenty years)

- a mention of a praiseworthy act in an official report, especially that of a member of the armed forces in wartime
(e.g: the citation described him as an officer of extreme gallantry)

- a summons to appear in court
(e.g: a traffic citation)


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Origin:
Middle English (in citation): from Old French, from Latin citatio(n-), from citare ‘cite’