citation

Pronunciation: [sai'teiʃәn]

Average Rank: 13349

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 引用, 引证, 引用文 [建] 引证, 指引

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
  • n. (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
  • n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
  • n. a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Difficulty: ACADEMIC
Exam Tags: gre
Word Forms:
Plural: citations

Word Frequency Rankings

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#46

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.5% (Top 99.5% most frequent)
99.5%

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