quotation mark
quotation mark

quote


Definition: Meaning of, quote in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kwəʊt /

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Present Participle Third Person Singular
quoting quotes
  1. [intransitive and transitive] to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written
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  2. [transitive] to give a piece of information that is written down somewhere
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  3. [transitive] to give something as an example to support what you are saying [=  cite]
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  4. [transitive] to tell a customer the price you will charge them for a service or product
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  5. [transitive] to give the price of a share or CURRENCY
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  6. (I) quote spoken used when you are going to repeat what someone else has said, to emphasize that it is exactly the way they said it
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  7. Quote ... unquote spoken used at the beginning and end of a word or phrase that someone else has said or written, to emphasize that you are repeating it exactly
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quote quotes
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  1. a sentence or phrase from a book, speech etc which you repeat in a speech or piece of writing because it is interesting or amusing [=  quotation]
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  2. in quotes words that are in quotes are written with QUOTATION MARK s around them to show that someone said those words
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  3. a statement of how much it will probably cost to build or repair something [=  estimate]
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quote used in phrases

  • air quote (noun)
    1. a movement that someone makes in the air with their fingers to show that what they are saying should be in QUOTATION MARK s, and that it should not be taken as their real opinion or their usual way of speaking
  • scare quote (noun)
    1. the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
  • single quote (noun)
    1. a single quotation mark
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