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Definition: CIT

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- used contemptuously.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Cit" is a common misspelling or typo for: city, cut, fit, cot, cite, chit, CIG, CIR, cist, clit, CRIT, ICT, CTI, cits, CIF, coit.

Date "Cit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1390. (references)

Note: Cit \Cit\, noun. [Contr. from citizen.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: CIT

Domain Definition
Aerospace 1: Critical Item Tag. (references)
  2: California Institute of Technology. (references)
  3: Compressor Inlet Temperature. (references)
Environment 1: Compact Ignition Tokamak (DOE magnetic fusion project at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory). (references)
  2: Critical incident technique. (references)
Health Center for Information Technology. (references)
Military 1: Citation (the abbreviation may never be used singly). (references)
  2: Consumable Item Transfer. (references)
Oceanography (U.S.) Court of International Trade. (references)
Physics Compact Ignition Tokamak. (references)
Slang in 1811 CIT. A citizen of London. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Space California Institute of Technology, Caltech. (references)
Technology 1: Combined Interrogator/Transponder. (references)
  2: Client Interface Team. (references)
  3: Cable Interface Translator. (references)
  4: Computer Integrated Telephony. (references)
  5: Carnegie Institute of Technology. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: CIT

Expressions Definition
CIT Group Incorporated CIT Group Incorporated is a leading commercial and consumer finance company, providing clients with financing and leasing products and advisory services. (references)
Op cit Op cit (Latin, short for "opus citatum", meaning "the work cited". ) is the term used to provide an endnote or footnote citation to refer the reader to an earlier citation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: CIT

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
CIT Danish Det raadgivende Udvalg for Innovation og Teknologioverfoersel European Union
CIT Dutch Raadgevend Comite voor innovatie en overdracht van technologie European Union
CIT English Corinthian Investment Trust N/A
CIT French Conseil international des tanneurs Industry, International Organizations
CIT German Charakterologischer Intelligenztest Medicine
CIT Greek Συμβουλευτική Eπιτροπή για την Eισαγωγή Nέων Mεθόδων και για τη Mεταφορά Tεχνολογίας European Union
CIT Italian Comitato consultivo per l'innovazione e per il trasferimento di tecnologie European Union
CIT Portuguese Convénio Internacional do Trigo N/A
CIT Spanish Convenio Internacional del Trigo Food & Agriculture
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: CIT

CIT

  • Coimbatore Institute of Technology
  • CIT Group Incorporated, a commercial and consumer finance company
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Canberra Institute of Technology
  • Carnegie Institute of Technology
  • Cebu Institute of Technology, a private university located in Cebu City, Philippines
  • Center for Information Technology, an agency of the United States Federal Government
  • Central Independent Television, an ITV affiliate
  • Cork Institute of Technology
  • Corporate Income Tax
  • Counselor In Training (or Camper In Transition), a programs for teens attending summer camp that may be interested in leadership roles in future years.
  • Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting, one of four tests required to obtain a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification
  • Computer and Information Technology
  • Critical Incident Technique
  • CIT (Lometopane)
  • Computer Information Technology
  • Confederación Interamericana de Trabajadores
  • Customer Interaction Tracker


See also

  • Citadel
  • City
  • Citation

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "CIT". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: CIT

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
CIT 81     CIT 81
CIT (gene) 44     CIT (gene) 44
CIT du Sud-Ouest 19     CIT du Sud-Ouest 19
CIT Group Incorporated 14     CIT Group Incorporated 14

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"cit" is a common misspelling or typo for: city, cut, fit, cot, cite, chit, CIG, CIR, cist, clit, CRIT, ICT, CTI, cits, CIF, coit.

Synonyms: cit
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 burgher, burgess, townsman, citizen, cockney, civvies, mufti.
Consider also: archon, philistine, snooks, cadi, clothing, dervish, dress, hadji, kadi, podesta, praetor, tribune, ulema, jurist, plainclothes.

Other

 oppidan, civies, civilian, civvy, civy.

Expression

 plain clothes.
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Computed Synonyms: cit

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   4.0395   cit     citizen     subject, national, townsman, civilian, denizen   
 2   4.0297   cit     civy     civvy, civilian, civies, citizen, citizeness   
 3   3.0394   cit     citation     quotation, reference, summons, excerpt, subpoena   
 4   3.0293   cit     civilian     civil, citizen, non-military, civvy, courteous   
 5   3.0092   cit     burgher     citizen, burgess, townsman, bourgeois, middleclass citizen   
 6   3.0091   cit     quotation     citation, quote, excerpt, rate, price   
 7   2.0296   cit     civvy     civilian, citizen, civvies, civy, mufti   
 8   2.0095   cit     mufti     civvies, civilian clothes, plain clothes, civies, civilian   
 9   2.0092   cit     adduction     citation, quotation, presentation, quote, allegation   
 10   2.0091   cit     townsman     citizen, burgher, urban, city dweller, town   
 11   1.1193   cit     complaint     grievance, ailment, disease, illness, plaint   
 12   1.1093   cit     extract     pull, draw, elicit, remove, retrieve   
 13   1.0398   cit     CITS     citizens, citations, civilians, burghers, quotations   
 14   1.0397   cit     cited     referred, quoted, invoked, cite, denominated   
 15   1.0090   cit     dishabille     negligee, deshabille, robe, dressing gown, wrapper   
--------------------     8 synonyms ranked from 16 to 23 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: cit

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.0390   cit     John citizen     citizen, civy, civilian   
 2   2.0188   cit     plain clothes     civilian clothes, mufti, civvies   
 3   1.0085   cit     notice of action     adduction, monition, citation   
 4   1.0085   cit     general person     citizen, civilian, John citizen   
 5   1.0083   cit     third party notice     notice of action, reference, quote   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: cit

Context Synonyms within Context

Inhabitant

Cit, addressee, backsettler, backwoodsman, boarder, burgess, burgher, citizen, cockney, colonist, commorant, compatriot, cottager, cotter, cottier, denizen, dweller, habitant, hotel keeper, householder, incumbent, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, innkeeper, islander, locum tenens, lodger, occupant, occupier, oppidan, paying guest, planter, resident, residentiary, settler, sojourner, squatter, tenant, townsman, villager.

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Translations: CIT

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian civil (civilian, civvies, mufti, plain clothes, cit), měšťan (burgess, townsman, citizen, burgher, cit), obyvatel města (burgher, cit, citizen, townsman). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese citou (cit). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina civil (civilian, civvies, mufti, plain clothes, cit), měšťan (burgess, townsman, citizen, burgher, cit), obyvatel města (burgher, cit, citizen, townsman). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 老百姓服装 (cit), 便服 (everyday clothes, civilian clothes, informal dress, cit, civies), 市民 (city resident, cit, townsman, small town). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 市民 (city resident, cit, citizen, townsman), 便服 (civilian clothes, everyday clothes, informal dress, cit, civies), 老百姓服裝 (cit). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech civil (civilian, civvies, mufti, plain clothes, cit), měšťan (burgess, townsman, citizen, burgher, cit), obyvatel města (burgher, cit, citizen, townsman). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Zitat (quotation, citation, quote, cit). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Français loco citato (cit, cit loc), in the passage already quoted (cit, cit loc, loco citato). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
French loco citato (cit, cit loc), in the passage already quoted (cit, cit loc, loco citato). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
German Zitat (quotation, citation, quote, cit). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 시민 (citizen, citizenry, burgess, burgher, town), 평복 (mufti, dishabille, plain clothes, civies, undress), 일반인 (John citizen, civvy, cit, citizen, citizeness), 인용 (quotation, citation, adduction, cit, excerpt), 민간복 (cit). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 시민 (citizen, citizenry, burgess, burgher, town), 평복 (mufti, dishabille, plain clothes, civies, undress), 일반인 (John citizen, civvy, cit, citizen, citizeness), 인용 (quotation, citation, adduction, cit, excerpt), 민간복 (cit). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Zitat (quotation, citation, quote, cit). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Zitat (quotation, citation, quote, cit). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian citazione (quotation, citation, summons, quote, mention). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 시민 (citizen, citizenry, burgess, burgher, town), 평복 (mufti, dishabille, plain clothes, civies, undress), 일반인 (John citizen, civvy, cit, citizen, citizeness), 인용 (quotation, citation, adduction, cit, excerpt), 민간복 (cit). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian Siteret (cit, cited). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese citou (cit). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish Citó (cit), Técnico industrial cualificado (cit), Técnico Industrial Certificado (cit), Certified Industrial Technologist (cit). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu نگر باسی ۔ شہری (cit). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, cit. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top

Constructed Language Translations: CIT

Language Translations for “cit” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag cathagit (cit). Additional references: Athag, cit. (volunteer)
Double Dutch cagit (cit). Additional references: Double Dutch, cit. (volunteer)
Leet (|+ (cit). Additional references: Leet, cit. (volunteer)
Oppish copit (cit). Additional references: Oppish, cit. (volunteer)
Pig Latin itcay (cit). Additional references: Pig Latin, cit. (volunteer)
Terran B citoic (cit). Additional references: Terran B, cit. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi cubit (cit). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, cit. (volunteer)
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