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Definition of citation in English:
1A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work: the majority of the citations are to work published during the past twenty years
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• Not that the book lacks citations, references and footnotes.
• The endnotes are primarily scholarly citations of sources, while the footnotes amplify, explain, or illuminate details or side stories.
• In 1905, he published five landmark papers without footnotes or citations.

Synonyms
quotation, quote, extract, excerpt, passage, line, piece;
North American cite

1.1 Law A reference to a previous case, used as guidance in the trying of comparable cases or in support of an argument: this journal contains citations from all jurisdictions
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• Each patent abstract provides a list of citations to previous patents, that is, the ‘prior art’ upon which the current patent builds.
• The notice shall state concisely the section which is said to be unconstitutional or ultra vires, a brief statement of the argument to be made, and the citation of any cases which are relied upon for support of the argument.
• If foreign decisions were freely citable, it would mean that any judge wanting a supporting citation had only to troll deeply enough in the world's corpus juris to find it.

Synonyms
reference, allusion

2A mention of a praiseworthy act in an official report, especially that of a member of the armed forces in wartime: the citation described him as an officer of extreme gallantry
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• Those records include the official after-action report, citations for Bronze Stars awarded for heroism that day and now the Task Force 115 report.
• He has received many citations and official commendations and published two volumes of collected poems he wrote.
• The citation praises in particular the penthouse flat which it describes as a tour de force.

Synonyms

commendation, award, honour;
mention, honourable mention

2.1A note accompanying an award, describing the reasons for it: a Nobel citation