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CITES

Date "CITES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references)


Abbreviations & Acronyms: CITES

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CITES

EnglishConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and FloraEnvironment

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

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Crosswords: CITES

English words defined with "CITES": Citator, CiterSummoner. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CITES": CITES speciesDominie Sampson, Duplicate PublicationEnvironmental Impact StatementPentapolisto admit to probate. (references)

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Modern Usage: CITES

DomainUsage

Lyrics

I've seen the lights of cites and I've been inside their doors (Pamela Brown; performing artist: Tom T. Hall)

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

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Commercial Usage: CITES

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cites Cactaceae Checklist (reference)

  • Cites Orchid Checklist for the Genera Cymbidium, Dendrobium (Selected Sections Only) (reference)

  • Recta Foldex Map: France/Avec Repertoire Des Noms Cites (reference)

  • Report of the Technical Consultation on the Suitability of the Cites Criteria Fo Fisheries Reports (F A O Fisheries Reports, 629) (reference)

  • Policing International Trade in Endangered Species: The Cites Treaty and Compliance (reference)

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Periodicals

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: CITES

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) cites studies indicating that one in four women ages 30 to 59 has experienced urinary incontinence. (references)

Business

Amnesty International cites Mexico as one of the countries in which homosexual men and women are most likely to be victims of abuse and violence. (references)

The 1999 Chinese Statistical Yearbook cites that just one out of four hundred urban families owned a car. By Western standards, a middle to upper class family can definitely afford a car and excellent private HCS; according to these standards only a select few Chinese currently fall into this category. (references)

Economic History

Panama

Business cites the alleged high cost of electric power as a disincentive for manufacturing. (references)

Mexico

Its principal cites are Gomez Palacio (270,000 pop.) and Durango (490,000 pop.), the capital of the state. (references)

Mexico

Among the most important cites are Ciudad Victoria (260,000 pop.), the capital of the state, and the Tampico-Ciudad Madero-Altamira metropolitan area (600,000 pop.), a major maritime transportation center on the Gulf coast. (references)

Human Rights

Albania

Each side cites the failures of the other as the reason criminals avoid imprisonment. (references)

Yemen

The committee's chairman claims that he would prefer to increase the activities of the committee, especially in the area of press freedoms, but cites lack of official and financial support as constraints. (references)

Iran

According to HRW, in August a parliamentary group investigating abuses committed by state institutions produced a still-unreleased report that cites a large increase in the number of persons being imprisoned, more than two-thirds of them for drug-related offenses. (references)

Trade

Luxembourg

Among these limited items are endangered species, including those listed in the CITES convention. (references)

Zimbabwe

Some wildlife products are restricted through international conventions governing their trade such as CITES. (references)

El Salvador

El Salvador's iguana-export industry is regulated by the provisions of CITES, which oversees trade in endangered species. (references)

Women

Armenia

The law cites specific punishments for rape. (references)

Luxembourg

The Government cites the interruption in the careers of women caused by childbirth and their maternal roles as one reason for the disparity. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: CITES

"CITES" is generally used as a lexical verb (-s form) -- approximately 67.72% of the time. "CITES" is used about 504 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-s form)67.72%34215,474
Noun (proper)31.88%16124,661
Noun (plural)0.4%2245,945
                    Total100.00%504N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: CITES

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "CITES": cites-monitored.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CITES

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cites geo

25
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CITES

Language Translations for "CITES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

zitiert (quotes). (various references)

   

Italian

  

citato (quoted). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

itescay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: CITES

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 18, Verse 19
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAdelfoV upo adelfou bohqoumenoV wV poliV ocura kai uyhlh iscuei de wsper teqemeliwmenon basileion
Latin405VulgateFrater qui adiuvatur a fratre quasi civitas firma et iudicia quasi vectes urbium
Middle English1395WyclifThe brother that is holpen of the brother, as a stef cite; and the domes as barris of cites.
Jacobean English1611King JamesA brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Victorian English1833WebsterA brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Basic English1964OgdenA brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: CITES

LanguageProverbs Chapter 18, Verse 19
Cebuano¶ Ang usa ka igsoon nga mahiubos labi pang magahi nga dag-on kay sa usa ka malig-on nga ciudad; Ug ang maong mga pagkabingkil sama sa mga trangka sa usa ka castillo.
Chinese弟 兄 結 怨 、 勸 他 ' 好 、 " 取 固 城 還 難 . 這 樣 的 爭 競 、 如 同 寨 的 門 閂 。
CroatianUvrijeðen brat jaèi je od tvrda grada i svaðe su kao prijevornice na tvrðavi.
DanishKrænket Broder er som en Fæstning, Trætter som Portslå for Borg.
DutchEen broeder is wederspanniger dan een sterke stad; en de geschillen zijn als een grendel van een paleis.
FinnishPetetty veli on vaikeampi voittaa kuin vahva kaupunki, ja riidat ovat kuin linnan salvat.
FrenchDes frères sont plus intraitables qu`une ville forte, Et leurs querelles sont comme les verrous d`un palais.
GermanEin verletzter Bruder hält härter den eine feste Stadt, und Zank hält härter denn Riegel am Palast.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSaudara yang telah disakiti hatinya lebih sukar didekati daripada kota yang kuat; pertengkaran bagaikan palang gerbang kota yang berbenteng.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa peri mengalahkan kota benteng dan memperhentikan perkelahian itu lebih payah dari pada membukakan kancing pintu maligai.
Maori¶ Ko te tuakana, teina ranei, i whakatakariritia, pakeke atu i te pa kaha: a ko aua tu ngangare me he tutaki tatau no te whare rangatira.
NorwegianEn bror som en har gjort urett mot, er vanskeligere å vinne enn en festning, og trette med ham er som en bom for en borg.
Portugueseum irmão ajudado pelo irmão é como uma cidade fortificada; é forte como os ferrolhos dum castelo.   
RumanianFrayii nedreptqyiyi sknt mai greu de ckwtigat deckt o cetate kntqritq, wi certurile lor sknt tot awa de greu de knlqturat ca zqvoarele unei case kmpqrqtewti. -
SpanishEl hermano ofendido resiste más que una ciudad fortificada; y las contiendas, más que los cerrojos de un castillo.
SwedishEn förorättad broder är svårare att vinna än en fast stad, och trätor äro såsom bommar för ett slott.

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

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Derivations & Misspellings: CITES

Derivations

Words ending with "CITES": analcites, anthracites, ascites, boracites, calcites, chalcocites, excites, incites, kamacites, leucites, miscites, overexcites, phenacites, plebiscites, pumicites, recites, reincites, scolecites, zincites. (additional references)


Misspellings

"CITES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caithes, categ, catex, Cetes, cetis, chiottes, chittes, ciats, Cidse, ciese, ciest, ciet, ciete, ciets, Cieza, cimes, cimtech, ciotes, cires, cita, citee, citew, citi, citis, cito, citos, Cits, Citta, citu, citus, Citys, cives, clite, coite, cottes, ctis, Ctiss, cts, cuishes, cykes, cyotes, cyte, cytes, Cytob, ites, zites. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "CITES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "CITES" (pronounced sī"ts)
4s ī" t sexcites, incites, recites, sights, sites.
3-ī" t sbites, bytes, delights, fights, flights, heights, ignites, invites, kites, knights, lights, mites, nights, nonwhites, reunites, rewrites, rights, rites, slights, Stylites, tights, unites, whites, Wrights, writes.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: CITES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cesti.

Words within the letters "c-e-i-s-t"

-1 letter: cist, cite, etic, ices, sect, sice, site, tics, ties.

-2 letters: cis, ice, its, sec, sei, set, sic, sit, tic, tie, tis.

-3 letters: es, et, is, it, si, ti.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-i-s-t"
 

+1 letter: bisect, cestoi, citers, cities, civets, cuties, edicts, ethics, evicts, gestic, iciest, incest, insect, itches, nicest, septic, stelic, steric, trices.

 

+2 letters: acetins, achiest, actives, aitches, ascetic, ascites, aseptic, bisects, bitches, cagiest, cakiest, catties, cellist, cerites, cesspit, cestoid, chemist, chicest, cineast, cistern, cithers, citoles, clients, coedits, coesite, coexist, cooties, cosiest, costive, cowiest, coziest, credits, cretics, cretins, cristae, curites, cutesie, cutises, cutties, cystein, cystine, deceits, deistic, delicts, depicts, deticks, diciest, directs, discept, disject, dissect, ditches, ectasis, ekistic, elastic, elicits, emetics, entices, eristic, erotics, ethnics, excites, exotics, fitches, hitches, ickiest, icterus, ictuses, incepts, incests, incites, infects, injects, insects, inspect, justice, laciest, latices, lectins, luetics, metrics, miscite, notices, pectins, peptics, pickets, pitches, poetics, raciest, recites, relicts, richest, rickets, sceptic, scottie, sectile, section, sematic, septics, sickest, skeptic, smectic, society, spicate, statice, stearic, stencil, sthenic, sticked, sticker, stickle, techies, tickers, tickets, tickles, tierces, triceps, trisect, wickets, witches.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Bible Trace
11. Abbreviations
12. Acronyms
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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