different between ditation vs citation

English

Etymology

From Latin ditare (“to enrich”), from dis, ditis, same as dives (“rich”)

Noun

ditation

1. (obsolete) The act of making rich; enrichment.
   • 1633, Joseph Hall, A paraphrase upon the hard texts of Scripture

     Late at night, and early in the morning, did I give myself to me ditation in thy word

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English

Etymology

From Old French citation, from Latin cit?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sa??te??n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sa??te???n/, [?sa??t?e??n?]
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: ci?tat?ion

Noun

citation (countable and uncountable, plural citations)

1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
   • 1851, United States Reports/Volume 70 - United States Supreme Court, Castro v. United States

     No citation was issued upon this appeal returnable to the next term of this court, nor was the record filed and the cause docketed during that term. On the 29th of May, 1865, however, a citation was issued, returnable at this term, and service of this citation was acknowledged by the present district attorney; and the writ was returned and the record filed at this term, under an agreement between the district attorney and the attorney for the claimants, to submit the cause upon printed briefs.

2. The paper containing such summons or notice.
3. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in their own words.
4. An entry in a list of source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
5. The passage or words quoted; quotation.
6. (lexicography) A quotation with attached bibliographical details demonstrating the use of a particular lexical item in a dictionary, especially a dictionary on historical principles.
7. Enumeration; mention.

   It's a simple citation of facts.

8. A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
9. A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.

Synonyms

• (passage of words): quotation
• (passage of words): quote

Derived terms

• citation needed
• case citation
• parallel citation

Related terms

• cite

Translations

See also

• attestation

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sita??o?n/

Noun

citation c (singular definite citationen, plural indefinite citationer)

1. citation (act of citing)
2. quotation (act of quoting)

Inflection

Synonyms

• citering

Derived terms

• citationstegn

French

Etymology

From Latin cit?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ta.sj??/
• Homophones: citations, citassions

Noun

citation f (plural citations)

1. citation, quotation

Further reading

• “citation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cit?ti?.

Noun

citation c

1. citation