Collocations for "cite"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "cite" in context.
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cite
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- cite a scholarly [article, journal, publication]
- cite or [quote, link]
- don't forget to cite your sources
- make sure to cite your sources
- the proper way to cite sources
- cited her sources [improperly, correctly, properly]
- learn how to properly cite sources
- cite [credible, academic] sources
- cite (it) as evidence
- was cited to [show, prove, demonstrate, back up]
- how to cite sources (for)
- how to cite a [book, website, journal]
- cite the [book] (in)
- has been cited by [other, fellow] authors
- the [research, journal] has been cited by
- cites several [studies, authors]
- citing a specific (legal) [case, precedent] (for his defense)
- have been cited as [an example, a model]
- cite [examples, figures] (to explain)