Cite

Definition: Cite

Cite

Verb

1. Make reference to: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention".

2. Cite, as for an outstanding achievement.

3. Refer to.

4. Repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her.

5. Advance evidence for.

6. Call in an official matter, such as to attend court.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references)

CITE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Cite

Accusation

Inform against, indict, denounce, arraign; impeach, appeach; have up, show up, pull up; challenge, cite, lodge a complaint; prosecute, bring an action against; blow upon.

Command

Cite, summon; call for, send for; subpoena; beckon.

Conformity

Exemplify, illustrate, cite, quote, quote precedent, quote authority, appeal to authority, put a case; produce an instance; Noun: elucidate, explain.

Evidence

Adduce, attest, cite, quote; refer to, appeal to; call, call to witness; bring forward, bring into court; allege, plead; produce witnesses, confront witnesses.

Lawsuit

Serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit; arrest; summon, summons; give in charge; (restrain).

Crosswords: Cite

French (quotes).

So I can just cite the truth (The Best Man I Can Be; performing artist: Ginuwine)

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Books

• Cite Mate Citation Guide (reference)

• Cite Your Sources: A Manual for Documenting Family Histories and Genealogical Records (reference)

• LA 12.Ss Panzer - Division Massacre Ascq Cite Martyre (Album Historique) (reference)

• Le Labyrinthe de la Cite Radieuse. Les peregrinations de Berenger chez Ionesco. (reference)

• Michelin City Plans Bordeaux Cite Urbaine (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Cite (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Cite de la Musique (reference)

• Rap a Cite (Paris/New York/Marseille) [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Flower market, Quoi de la Cite. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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To the inhabitants of one region he would cite the example of a neighboring region

The Devil can cite scripture to suit his purpose

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Health

It is clear, however, that many physicians will recommend for less prominent elevations that we cite below. (references)

Business

The Ministry of Industry continues to cite the 100,000 figure. (references)

While there are undoubtedly many factors considered when making the very important decision on which study abroad opportunity to pursue, there are several factors that Kuwaitis routinely cite as the most important. (references)

To cite a few examples of the industry’s efforts in this direction, there are prototypes – and fully operative models – of vehicles powered by natural gas, electricity, hybrid propulsion systems or alternative fuels such as hydrogen. (references)

Children

Mexico

Press reports cite a 1998-99 DIF study that estimated that some 130,000 minors in 101 cities were living in the streets. (references)

Algeria

NGO's that specialize in care of children cite an increase in domestic violence aimed at children, which they attribute to the "culture of violence" developed during the years since 1992 and the social dislocations caused by the movement of rural families to the cities to escape terrorist violence. (references)

Civil Liberties

Burma

Local military commanders, who often issue such orders, rarely cite any legal justification for their actions. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

USTR and other U.S. agencies now regularly cite Hong Kong as an example for others. (references)

Botswana

In addition, managers often cite productivity of the workforce as a point of frustration. (references)

Costa Rica

Developers of tourism facilities periodically cite municipal level corruption as a problem. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

In response, mobs from the adjacent slum of Cite Soleil began searching for gang members. (references)

Russia

For example, they cite the defense's inability to cross-examine or learn the identity of witnesses for the prosecution. (references)

Malaysia

In his ruling, the judge said that the police could not simply cite the ISA's function to "preserve national security" as justification for its use. (references)

Minorities

Namibia

The Constitution prohibits discrimination based on race and other factors and specifically prohibits "the practice and ideology of apartheid." The law codifies certain protections for those who cite racial discrimination in the course of research (including academic and press reporting) or in trying to reduce racial disharmony. (references)

Albania

Minority leaders cite the Government's unwillingness to recognize the existence of ethnic Greek towns, such as Himara, that are not considered part of communist-era "minority zones"; to utilize Greek on official documents and on public signs in ethnic Greek areas; to address effectively crimes committed against ethnic Greeks, particularly allegations that communal property is being taken illegally by means of fraudulent documents and in some cases with complicity of the courts; to ascertain the size of the ethnic Greek population; and to include a higher number of ethnic Greeks in public administration. (references)

Political Economy

Czech Rep

American and other foreign business people often cite a convoluted -- or in some cases corrupt -- system at both national and local levels as impeding market access. (references)

Political Rights

Uzbekistan

Political organizations that seek to overthrow the Government, or cite national or racial hatred, are prohibited. (references)

Trade

Czech Rep

American business people also often cite a convoluted, or in some cases, corrupt, bureaucratic system, at both national and local levels, which can act as an impediment to market access. (references)

Women

Iran

However, a husband is not required to cite a reason for divorcing his wife. (references)

Worker Rights

Chile

Unions cite the widespread practices of subcontracting, individual contracts, and temporary employment as ways that employers resist unionization. (references)

Haiti

The CATH also reported that on April 24, FL members attacked members of its affiliate union, Organization for the Development of Bois Neuf in Cite Soleil. (references)

Guatemala

Union leaders often cite their inability to organize workers in these zones on employer intimidation and pressure as well as unofficial restrictions on their access to the EPZ's. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Afrikaans

aanhaal (quote). (various references)

Albanian

citoj (quote), thërres në gjyq, përmend (adduce, make mention, mention, name, note, notice, point out, quote, refer), bëj thirrje (appeal, invoke, summon). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نوه, ‏إستشهد (bear witness, quote), ‏شيد (construct, elevate, erect, praise, put up, raise, structure, tribute, whitewash), ‏دعا للمثول أمام القضاء. (various references)

Bulgarian 

цитирам (excerpt, quote), призовавам да се яви пред съда, изказвам похвала на. (various references)

Chinese 

援引 (quote). (various references)

Czech

citovat (quote), uvést (adduce, bring into play, induct, initiate, introduce, preface, quote, show in, state, usher, usher in), předvolat (haul up, have in, summon). (various references)

Danish

citere (quote). (various references)

Dutch

noemen (call, mention, quote), citeren (quote), aanhalen (attract, caress, chuck, fondle, quote, stroke). (various references)

Esperanto

citi (quote). (various references)

Faeroese

taka upp eftir ein (quote), reksa upp (quote), flyta fram (quote). (various references)

Farsi 

گفتن (Bubble, Inform, Intimate, Observe, Rehearse, Relate, Say, Tell, Utter, Utterance), ذکرکردن (Assign, Mention, Ming, Mingle, Patter, Specify), اتخاذسندکردن . (various references)

Finnish

siteerata (quote), lainata (borrow, lend, loan, quote). (various references)

French

citer. (various references)

Frisian

sitearje (quote), oanhelje (adopt, freshen, gain, increase, put on weight, quote). (various references)

German

zitieren (citation, quote, summon, to cite), anführen (adduce, captain, give, have smb. on, head, indicate with quotation marks, lead, lead on, name, quote, refer to, take smb. for a ride, to adduce). (various references)

Greek 

παραθέτω (appose, collocate, juxtapose, quote), αναφέρω (allure, bring up, make a point, mention, misquote, refer, relate, report, state). (various references)

Hebrew 

לצטט (quote, vouch). (various references)

Hungarian

idéz (quote, to cite, to conjure up, to invoke, to quote). (various references)

Indonesian

menyitir, menyebutkan (comment), mencuplik (borrow, name, quote). (various references)

Italian

citare (adduce, mention, quote, summon). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

例を挙げる (to cite an example), 例を引く (to cite an example). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

れいをひく (to cite an example), れいをあげる (to cite an example). (various references)

Korean 

인용하십시요. (various references)

Manx

symney (bann, citation, convene, publish, summon, summons), enmys (address, appoint, baptize, baptize ship, denominate, denomination, designate, designation, direct, entitle, enumerate, head, name, nomenclature, nominate, specify, style, superscription, term, terminology, title), cur myr sampleyr, cuirrey (banquet, feast, invitation, invite, sow). (various references)

Pig Latin

itecay.(various references)

Portuguese

citar (adduce, call, convene, mention, name, quote, summon), mencionar (indicate, mention, name, observe, quote, remark). (various references)

Romanian

cita (adduce, quote, warn), pomeni de (mention, quote), pomeni (find oneself, happen, meet, mention, remember, see), menţiona (indicate, let drop, mention, notice, quote, specificate, specify). (various references)

Russian 

сослаться (refer), цитировать (quote), вызывать в суд (arraigned, convene, summon), вызывать (bring, bring about, bring forth, call, call in, challenge, conjure, engender, entail, evoke, evoked, exert, give rise to, induce, involve, produce, provoke, ring for, summon, whistle up), приводить (adduce, bring, conduce, recast, reduce). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

citirati (quote), pozvati na sud (process, subpoena), navoditi (aim, induce, wangle), navesti (adduce, bring up, induce, lead, lead on, maneuver, manoeuvre, persuade, plead, prompt, quote, suggest). (various references)

Spanish

citar (adduce, call, date, light, make an appointment, quote, set, summon, summons), mencionar (allude, introduce, mention, name, quote, refer to, term, touch on, work round). (various references)

Swedish

citera (quote), anföra (adduce, allege, captain, command, conduct, lead, Lodge, offer, quote, say, state), åberopa (adduce, appeal to, invoke, plead, quote, refer to). (various references)

Thai

อ้าง (claim). (various references)

Turkish

celbetmek, takdiri açıklamak, bahsetmek (advert, chew over, discourse, make mention of, make noises, mention, refer, slip in, speak of, talk about, talk on, talk over, talk round), anmak (celebrate, commemorate, embalm, make mention of, memorialize, mention, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce, think), alıntı yapmak (adapt, borrow, excerpt, quote), aktarmak (adapt, change, hand on, post, quote, transfer, transfuse, transpose), çağırmak (call, call away, call for, call in, cry out, hail, invite, invoke, shout to, sing, summon, whistle up). (various references)

Turkmen 

salgylanmak (refer to). (various references)

Ukrainian

цитувати (adduce, allege, invoke, quote), викликати (arouse, bring forth, bring on, call, call in, cause, challenge, champion, create, defy, evoke, necessitate, procure, provoke, send for, send up, set smb. agog, stir up, strike, summon, touch off, wake, warn, whistle up), наводити (adduce, align), згадувати (allude, mention, note, notice, remember, reminisce), посилатися (allude, appeal, mention, quote, refer), перелічувати (count, enumerate, re count, reckon out, tell over). (various references)

Welsh

dyfynnu (quote, summon). (various references)

citare, laudo. (various references)

citer. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "cite": citeable, cited, citer, citers, cites. (additional references)

Words ending with "cite": analcite, anthracite, boracite, calcite, chalcocite, excite, incite, kamacite, leucite, miscite, overexcite, phenacite, plebiscite, pumicite, recite, reincite, scolecite, zincite. (additional references)

Words containing "cite": analcites, anthracites, ascites, boracites, calcites, chalcocites, elicited, excited, excitedly, excitement, excitements, exciter, exciters, excites, hyperexcited, hyperexcitement, hyperexcitements, incited, incitement, incitements, inciter, inciters, incites, kamacites, leucites, miscited, miscites, overexcited, overexcites, phenacites, photoexcited, plebiscites, precited, pumicites, recited, reciter, reciters, recites, reincited, reincites, scolecites, solicited, unexcited, unsolicited, zincites. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aceite, acite, calte, catay, categ, catet, catex, catte, Cawte, cbto, Cctu, cdtce, ceti, cetie, cette, Chitepo, cibe, cide, cie, ciet, ciete, ciev, ciew, cife, Cifel, cige, Cihe, cike, cile, cime, cimtech, cire, cise, cista, Ciste, cita, Citeaux, citee, citew, cith, cithe, citi, Citie, cito, citor, citre, Cits, citt, Citta, citu, Cize, clite, Cmte, Cmtte, Cnit, coiet, coite, coitu, coti, cotte, Cowte, Cpti, crite, Crito, Csie, Cte, cti, ctime, ctis, Ctta, Ctte, Cttee, cuite, cutay, cutee, cuten, cuteo, cutex, cye, cyfe, cyke, cyote, cyste, cyte, cythe, Cytn, Cytob, icate, Icbt, Ncito, oite. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: etic.

-1 letter: ice, tic, tie.

-2 letters: et, it, ti.

+1 letter: cesti, cited, citer, cites, civet, cutie, edict, ethic, evict, recti, telic, trice, twice.

+2 letters: acetic, acetin, active, atelic, bisect, cattie, centai, cerite, cestoi, citers, cither, citied, cities, citole, civets, client, coedit, cootie, credit, cretic, cretin, curite, cuties, deceit, delict, deltic, depict, detick, direct, edicts, elicit, emetic, enatic, entice, erotic, ethics, ethnic, evicts, excite, exotic, fetich, gestic, hectic, iciest, incept, incest, incite, infect, inject, insect, itched, itches, lectin, lentic, luetic, metric, nicest, nicety, noetic, notice, pectic, pectin, peptic, picket, poetic, recite, relict, septic, stelic, steric, techie, terbic, thetic, thrice, ticked, ticker, ticket, tickle, tierce, triced, trices, uretic, wicket.