how to pronounce cite

/saɪt/

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cite is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of cite in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… publicity to cite a figure of 300 …”

meaning of cite

Cite means to quote or refer to.

cite frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word cite occurs in english on average 2.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics cite can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that cite can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) education, science, and technology;