citation
Noun
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An official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement (synset 106718888)
is a type of: accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels - a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinctionsame as: commendation
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(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) (synset 107195230)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authorityis a type of: speech act - the use of language to perform some act
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A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage (synset 106776392)
"the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"subtypes:
- photo credit - a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph
- cross-index, cross-reference - a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
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A passage or expression that is quoted or cited (synset 106625409)
subtypes:
- epigraph - a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
- mimesis - the representation of another person's words in a speech
- misquotation, misquote - an incorrect quotation
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A summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding (synset 106570268)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
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Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948 (synset 102386978)
is an instance of: thoroughbred - a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares
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