quote marks

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• quote — ► VERB 1) repeat or copy out (a passage or remark by another). 2) repeat a passage or remark from. 3) (quote as) put forward or describe as being. 4) give someone (an estimated price). 5) (quote at/as) name (someone or something) at (specified… …   English terms dictionary

• quote — [kwōt] vt. quoted, quoting [altered (infl. by L) < ME coten < ML quotare, to mark the number of, divide into chapters < L quotus, of what number < IE * kwoti , how many < interrogative base * kwo > WHO] 1. to reproduce or repeat …   English World dictionary

• Quote — For the Wikipedia quotation templates, see Category:Quotation templates. Quotation is the repetition of someone else s statement. Quotation marks are punctuation marks used in text to indicate the words of another speaker or writer. Both of these …   Wikipedia

• quote — v. & n. v.tr. 1 cite or appeal to (an author, book, etc.) in confirmation of some view. 2 repeat a statement by (another person) or copy out a passage from (don t quote me). 3 (often absol.) a repeat or copy out (a passage) usu. with an… …   Useful english dictionary

• quote — quote1 [ kwout ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to say or write words that someone else has said or written: Can I quote you on that (=repeat exactly what someone has said about something)? quote someone as saying something: The… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• quote — I UK [kwəʊt] / US [kwoʊt] verb Word forms quote : present tense I/you/we/they quote he/she/it quotes present participle quoting past tense quoted past participle quoted *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to say or write words that someone else has… …   English dictionary

• quote, unquote — informal 1) used parenthetically when speaking to suggest quotation marks, to precede a statement or passage that one is reciting or repeating, in particular ■ used to indicate the speaker s verbatim recitation of written words the brochure… …   Useful english dictionary

• quote — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 words taken from a book, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ famous, memorable, quotable ▪ direct, exact, verbatim ▪ a direct quote from this morning s paper …   Collocations dictionary

• quote — quote1 W3S2 [kwəut US kwout] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: quotare, from Latin quot how many ] 1.) [I and T] to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written quote from ▪ She quoted from a newspaper article. ▪ He quoted a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• quote — [[t]kwo͟ʊt[/t]] ♦♦ quotes, quoting, quoted 1) VERB If you quote someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said. [V n as ing] He quoted Mr Polay as saying that peace negotiations were already underway... [V n as ing] She… …   English dictionary

• quote — [c]/kwoʊt / (say kwoht) verb (quoted, quoting) –verb (t) 1. to repeat (a passage, etc.) from a book, speech, etc., as the words of another, as by way of authority, illustration, etc. 2. to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.). 3. to bring… …