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Cite

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

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Homophone 1

Site 96% connected

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.

spelling 0% interchangeable

Cite means refer to a source; site means a place or location.

Cite the report. / Visit the site.

Verb group 2

Quote 84% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Quote 84% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 25

Acknowledge 76% connected

To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Advert 76% connected

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Annotation 76% connected

A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Compose 76% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evidence 76% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Indite 76% connected

To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ingeminate 76% connected

Redoubled; repeated.

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Iterate 76% connected

Uttered or done again; repeated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mean 76% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mention 76% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Notation 76% connected

The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Note 76% connected

To butt; to push with the horns.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Notice 76% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pen 76% connected

A feather.

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Prove 76% connected

To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reiterate 76% connected

To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repeat 76% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restate 76% connected

To state anew.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retell 76% connected

To tell again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Testify 76% connected

To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 9

Appeal 76% connected

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Commend 76% connected

To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Demand 76% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Invoke 76% connected

To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Misquote 76% connected

To quote erroneously or incorrectly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quote 76% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remember 76% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vouch 76% connected

To call; to summon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Citation 74% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Citation 74% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mention 74% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mention 74% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Process 74% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Process 74% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Quotation 74% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Quotation 74% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Quote 74% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Quote 74% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Quoter 74% connected

One who quotes the words of another.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Quoter 74% connected

One who quotes the words of another.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reference 74% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reference 74% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Summons 74% connected

The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Summons 74% connected

The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 14

Abduce 92% connected

To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acknowledgment 92% connected

The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adduce 92% connected

To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Advert 92% connected

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Citation 92% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Credit 92% connected

Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mention 92% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Name 92% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Quotation 92% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quote 92% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Refer 92% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reference 92% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Summon 92% connected

To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Summons 92% connected

The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Allowed 75% connected

of Allow

cluster 9 5% interchangeable

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