to cite as an example

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• cite — / sīt/ vt cit·ed, cit·ing [Latin citare to rouse, call on, summon] 1: to demand the appearance of in court: serve with a citation had been cited for contempt you are hereby cited to show cause in the Probate Court 2: to quote o …   Law dictionary

• cite — [saɪt] verb [transitive] to mention something as an example, especially in order to support, prove, or explain what you are saying : • The report cites the case of Sweden, where following the liberalization of the postal service, around 1,000 new …   Financial and business terms

• cite — [saıt] v [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: citer, from Latin citare to cause to move, excite, order to come ] 1.) to mention something as an example, especially one that supports, proves, or explains an idea or situation ▪ The judge… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cite — [v1] note, quote adduce, advance, allege, allude to, appeal to, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, get down to brass tacks*, give as example, illustrate with, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out,… …   New thesaurus

• cite — [sīt] vt. cited, citing [ME citen < OFr citer, to summon < L citare, to arouse, summon < ciere, to put into motion, rouse < IE base * kei > Gr kinein, to move, OE hatan, to command] 1. to summon to appear before a court of law 2.… …   English World dictionary

• example — n. 1) to cite, give, provide an example 2) to set an example for 3) to make an example of 4) to follow smb. s example 5) a classic; concrete; extreme; glaring, striking; illustrative; impressive; prime, shining; typical example 6) (misc.) to lead …   Combinatory dictionary

• cite — v. 1) (B) she cited an interesting passage to us 2) (D; tr.) to cite as (to cite smt. as an example) 3) (AE) (mil.) (D; tr.) to cite for (to cite smb. for bravery) * * * [saɪt] (B) she cited an interesting passage to us (AE) (mil.) (D; tr.) to… …   Combinatory dictionary

• example — noun 1 sth that is typical/demonstrates a point ADJECTIVE ▪ characteristic, classic, prime, quintessential, stellar (AmE), supreme, textbook, typical, ultimate …   Collocations dictionary

• example — Synonyms and related words: admonishment, admonition, alarm, archetype, as an example, benchmark, call to mind, case, case in point, caution, caveat, citation, cite, cite a particular, criterion, cross reference, cross section, demonstrate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• example */*/*/ — UK [ɪɡˈzɑːmp(ə)l] / US [ɪɡˈzæmp(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms example : singular example plural examples 1) something that you mention in order to show the type of thing that you are talking about and to help to explain what you mean Many… …   English dictionary

• Example-based machine translation — The Example based machine translation (EBMT) approach to machine translation is often characterized by its use of a bilingual corpus with parallel texts as its main knowledge base, at run time. It is essentially a translation by analogy and can… …   Wikipedia