op. cit.

[ op sit ]

abbreviation for

1. in the work cited.

op. cit.

abbreviation for

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.

From Washington Post

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

From New York Times

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

From Washington Post

On the Lord of Misrule, see Chambers op. cit.

From Project Gutenberg

For the sufferings of Northern monasteries from the Scots 1330-50 see references collected from the patent rolls in P. G. Mode, op. cit. p.

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