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• single quotation mark — noun either of the pair of quotation marks ( ) or ( ). Also, single quote …  

• Quotation mark — This article is about quotation marks in English. For their use in other languages, see Non English usage of quotation marks. For their use in computer programming, see String literal. For the various glyphs used to render quotation marks, see… …   Wikipedia

• Quotation mark glyphs — For the meaning and usage of quotation marks in the English language see Quotation mark and in other languages see Quotation mark, non English usage. ‘ ’ “ ” ‘ ’ “ ” ‹ › …   Wikipedia

• Quotation mark, non-English usage — Quotation marks, also called quotes, speech marks or inverted commas, are punctuation marks used in pairs to set off speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may… …   Wikipedia

• quotation mark — n. either of a pair of punctuation marks (“ … ”) used to enclose a direct quotation, or of single marks (ʼ … ’) for enclosing a quotation within a quotation …   English World dictionary

• quotation mark — ► NOUN ▪ each of a set of punctuation marks, single (‘ ’) or double (“ ”), used either to mark the beginning and end of a title or quotation, or to indicate slang or jargon words …   English terms dictionary

• quotation mark — noun /kwəʊˈteiʃn̩ mɑɹk/ a) One of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing. The symbol used at the beginning of the quotation ( opening quotation mark ) is usually ( open inverted commas ) or ( open inverted comma ), and… …   Wiktionary

• quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as at the beginning and at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as He said, I will go. Frequently, esp. in… …   Universalium

• quotation mark — /kwoʊˈteɪʃən mak/ (say kwoh tayshuhn mahk) noun one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually consisting of an inverted comma ( ) at the beginning and an apostrophe ( ) at the end, or, for a quotation… …  

• quotation mark — noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else • Syn: ↑quote, ↑inverted comma • Derivationally related forms: ↑quote (for: ↑quote) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• quotation mark — quota′tion mark n. one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usu. shown as (“) at the beginning and (”) at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, as single marks of this kind, as “He said, I will …   From formal English to slang