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Quote

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Noun

1. inverted comma, quotation mark, quote

a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

2. citation, quotation, quote

a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

Verb

3. cite, quote

repeat a passage from

Example Sentences:
'He quoted the Bible to her'

4. quote

name the price of

Example Sentences:
'quote prices for cars'

5. cite, quote

refer to for illustration or proof

Example Sentences:
'He said he could quote several instances of this behavior'

6. quote

put quote marks around

Example Sentences:
'Here the author is quoting his colleague'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quote

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verb
1. 
to recite a quotation (from a book, play, poem, etc), esp as a means of illustrating or supporting a statement
2. (transitive)
to put quotation marks round (a word, phrase, etc)
3. stock exchange
to state (a current market price) of (a security or commodity)
noun
4.  an informal word for quotation (sense 1), quotation (sense 2), quotation (sense 3), quotation (sense 4)
5. (often plural) an informal word for quotation mark
put it in quotes
exclamation
6. 
an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the words that follow it form a quotation
the president said, quote, I shall not run for office in November, unquote

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Quote

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈquoted or ˈquoting
1. 
to reproduce or repeat a passage from or statement of
to quote Chaucer
2. 
to reproduce or repeat (a passage from a book, a statement, etc.)
3. 
to refer to as authority or an example; cite
4.  Business
to state (a price) or state the price of (something)
5.  Printing
to enclose in quotation marks
verb intransitive
6. 
to make a quotation, as from a book or author
noun Informal
7. 
quotation
8. 
quotation mark
interjection
9. 
I shall quote
used in speech to signal the beginning of a quotation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Quote

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v. quot·ed, quot·ing, quotes
v.tr.
1.
a. To repeat or copy (words from a source such as a book), usually with acknowledgment of the source: quoted lines from Shakespeare in his lecture.
b. To repeat or copy the words of (a person or a book or other source): likes to quote Shakespeare when giving advice.
c. To cite or refer to for illustration or proof: quoted statistics to show she was right.
2. To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from: The saxophonist quoted a Duke Ellington melody in his solo.
3. To state (a price) for securities, goods, or services.
v.intr.
To give a quotation, as from a book.
n.
1. A quotation.
2. A quotation mark.
3. Used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a direct quotation: "He paused and said, quote, I don't care, unquote."
4. A dictum; a saying.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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