cite

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 4.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
2. verb To mention; to make mention of. To mention by way of explanation.
3. verb To mention by way of explanation.
4. verb To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
5. verb To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
6. noun A citation.

   We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

Similar words

quote reference refer name mention advert summon adduce summons acknowledge

Often followed by

the a an one only as this some in

Word family

citable citation citations cited cites citing