op. cit.

[op sit]

abbreviation

1. in the work cited.

op. cit.

abbreviation

1. opere citato

Word History and Origins

Origin of op. cit.¹

From Latin opere citātō

Word History and Origins

Origin of op. cit.¹

Latin: in the work cited

Example Sentences

In the case of citations — all that “op. cit.,” “cf.” and “passim” business — dispensing with them is a mercy.

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A shouted question came from a store employee: “Does he want the companion volume by op. cit.?”

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Effectiveness of comprehensible-input based instruction: Krashen, op. cit.;

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Referred to in Jeanroy, op. cit.

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For analogues and imitations, see A. C. Lee, op. cit. pp. 59-62.

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