noun An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
noun The paper containing such summons or notice.
noun 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.
noun An entry in a list of sources from which information was taken, typically following a prescribed bibliographical style; a reference.
noun An instance of having had one's work cited.
She has over 1,000 citations.
noun The passage or words quoted; a quotation.
noun A quotation with attached bibliographical details demonstrating the use of a particular lexical item in a dictionary, especially a dictionary on historical principles.