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cite as in:  cited from the President's speech

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  • She cited the EPA report to make her point.
  • Sources are cited in the endnotes.
    cited = listed
  • The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.  (source)
    cite = quote
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  • Chang cited a 1933 speech by a Japanese general: "Every single bullet must be charged with the Imperial Way, and the end of every bayonet must have National Virtue burnt into it."  (source)
    cited = quoted
  • The Official sees the twist of my lips and launches into a list of examples, of ways I've broken with the Society's rules in the past two months—and she doesn't even know the worst of them—but she doesn't cite a single example from all the years before.  (source)
    cite = list
  • Halliday referred to this show several times in Anorak's Almanac, citing it as one of his childhood favorites.  (source)
    citing = mentioning
  • She cites — it's right here — First Kings, chapter twenty-two — the passage in which God deceives King Ahab.  (source)
    cites = mentions a written source as evidence
  • The progression of citations, which had spanned over two thousand years, did not continue much further.†  (source)
    citations = things quoted (to make a point)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
  • The citation goes on to say that the best time to dig wild potatoes "is in the spring as soon as the ground thaws…."  (source)
    citation = words quoted (in this case, from a book)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • I also cited an old report we had studied about the standardized testing in the public schools.  (source)
    cited = mentioned (to make a point)
  • And 'The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.'  (source)
    cite = quote
  • The media was not interested in the story, citing "innocence fatigue."  (source)
    citing = mentioning
  • CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, had just come into effect, and the window on the trading of captured wild animals had slammed shut.†  (source)
    CITES = quotes someone (to make a point)
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cite as in:  cited for valor

She was cited for valor in Iraq.
cited = officially praised
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  • She was cited for her outstanding achievements at the school.
  • Owen had been especially moving when he'd read the award citation for the Silver Star medal to the next of kin.  (source)
    citation = public commendation (statement of praise)
  • If I was head of the class on Graduation Day and made a speech and won the Ne Plus Ultra Scholastic Achievement Citation, then we would both have come out on top, we would be even, that was all.  (source)
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  • According to the citation: "With complete disregard for his own safety, Private Pausch leaped from a covered position and commenced treating the wounded men while shells continued to fall in the immediate vicinity."  (source)
    citation = written commendation (statement of praise)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • Mr. Poole was in the Pacific, you know, purple heart and various other citations.  (source)
    citations = public commendations (statements of praise)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
  • The citation reads, For heroic achievement…. in combat operations against the enemy as an assault team member, [Adam Brown] displayed great battlefield courage while conducting multiple direct action missions against enemy leadership targets.  (source)
    citation = public commendation (statement of praise)
  • Everywhere, there were mementos—playbills from opera houses and concert halls; newspaper clippings of people singing; and framed citations and medals hung on ribbons, suggesting golden-throat awards of an almost athletic order of recognition.  (source)
    citations = public commendations (statements of praise)
  • I read his citation over and over and was so proud of him and his life-saving actions on Iwo Jima.  (source)
    citation = public commendation (statement of praise)
  • He had never understood those people, especially after they awarded him a citation for doing minimal work for them in affairs they should have been able to cope with themselves.  (source)
    citation = public commendation (written statement of praise)
  • I expected gratitude and a citation of honor.  (source)
    citation = public commendation (written praise)
  • As a senior lieutenant in the Navy medical corps he had performed brave and extraordinary feats of surgical skill while undergoing kamikaze attacks aboard a doomed flattop off the Philippines; the exploit won him the Navy Cross—a citation not too often achieved by a medical officer...  (source)
    citation = public commendation (statement of praise)
  • ...he brought home with him a citation for valor in Lee's own hand...  (source)
    citation = written commendation (statement of praise)
  • But following the quote from "The Grand Inquisitor," there was a second citation from The Brothers Karamazov from a scene the Count had all but forgotten.†  (source)
    citation = a public commendation or statement of praise
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cite as in:  cited for speeding

She was cited for speeding.
cited = charged (with breaking the law)
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  • Should you fail to appear at a probation meeting, you may be cited to appear before a Judge to explain your absence.
    cited = charged with breaking the law
  • Of course, thinks Connor, it could backfire on them, and the cops could cite them for jaywalking.  (source)
    cite = charge (with breaking the law)
  • They'll cite me for losing it.  (source)
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  • Federal inspectors cited the plant for "inhumane slaughter" and halted production there for one week, an extremely rare penalty imposed for the mistreatment of cattle.  (source)
    cited = charged (with breaking the law)
  • The health department will give us a citation.  (source)
    citation = an official charge (of having broken the law)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • No. Bram already has too many citations from the care center.  (source)
    citations = official charges (of breaking rules)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
  • A traffic hovercraft dipped low, blasted out the standard order to proceed or be cited.  (source)
    cited = charged with violating the law
  • There are minor citations issued from time to time, like when Bram is late.  (source)
    citations = official charges (of having broken rules)
  • Once more, sir, and you will be cited for contempt.  (source)
    cited = charged (with breaking the law)
  • It's not as though they cited you or anything.  (source)
    cited = charged with breaking the law
  • The company that had supplied the USDA with the taco meat — Northern States Beef, a subsidiary of ConAgra — had in the previous eighteen months been cited for 171 "critical" food safety violations at its facilities.  (source)
  • Or be cited for contempt of this court.  (source)
    cited = charged (with breaking the law)
  • "This may result in some sanctions for you at work," one of the Officials says to my father, in a tone so mean I wonder if she will get cited herself.  (source)
    cited = charged (with breaking rules)
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rare meaning

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He found one last success on the track, this time with the great Noor, winner of the Santa Anita Handicap and conqueror of Triple Crown winner Citation.  (source)
Citation = a horse's name
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