cite
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- If you cite people or facts, you write or talk about them to support your point or show where you got your information.
- Larkin (1979) cites cases of families who have moved out of regular homes into mobile homes or campers.
- Two thirds of the people cited unemployment as the `main issue'.
- If someone is cited by the police, they are ordered to appear before the court.
- You might cite who you got words, ideas, or information from. This would tell other people where to look to see those people did say it.
- He cites Deffenbacher (1985) as suggesting that many of the outcomes are negative.