citation

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.countableuncountable

• In late September, over a three-day period, Placer County conducted 183 stops among riders, some involving groups, which led to 30 citations and 25 e-motorcycles being towed.

The paper containing such summons or notice.countableuncountable

The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.countableuncountable

An entry in a list of sources from which information was taken, typically following a prescribed bibliographical style; a reference.countableuncountable

An instance of having had one's work cited.countableuncountable

• She has over 1,000 citations.

The passage or words quoted; a quotation.countableuncountable

A quotation with attached bibliographical details demonstrating the use of a particular lexical item in a dictionary, especially a dictionary on historical principles.countableuncountable

• Historically, target words were garnered through focused reading programs and citations were handwritten on slips of paper which were collated alphabetically and stored in drawers for ready access (much like old-fashioned library catalogues

Enumeration; mention.countableuncountable

• It's a simple citation of facts.

A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.countableuncountable

A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.countableuncountable