Cite

Pronunciation

• enPR: sÄ«t, IPA: /saɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophones: sight, site

Origin

From Old French citer, from Latin citare ("to cause to move, excite, summon"), frequentive of ciēre ("to rouse, excite, call").

Full definition of cite

Verb

1. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
• 2013-06-07, Gary Younge, Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
2. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
3. To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

Derived terms

• citation

Noun

1. (informal) A citation.We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

Anagrams

• EITC
• etic