citational

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adjective

Of or pertaining to citation or citations.

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Meanings

adjectivecitational (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to citation or citations.

    Sample entries from the Oxford English Dictionary (Murray et al. 1888-1928) were discussed in class, focusing on the functions of displaying the citational evidence in a dictionary entry.

    2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 145

Origin

From citation + -al.

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APA

citational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citational

MLA

“citational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citational. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “citational,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citational.

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