quotation mark
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1.1
- noun
- /kwəˈteɪʃən mɑrk/
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- He emphasized the word 'success' by placing it in quotation marks during his presentation.
- use quotation marks
- quotation marks omitted
- enclosed in quotation marks
And it's sort of sort of, I can imagine that I'm saying that in quotation marks.
- And it's sort of sort of, I can imagine that I'm saying that in quotation marks.
- And she wrote a very simple, gracious, yes, I I should have used quotation marks.
- So now once we, oh, I said shape in quotation marks.
- And then he puts his teenage memory in quotation marks, as though he's quoting his memory, and he speaks to the ships.
Examples
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Why did you put little quotation marks - around the word "family"? - Because you are "family."
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"I don't understand irony or see quotation marks unless they're actually written down," she said.
Fiction book (1993) -
And part of that was in quotation marks, part of it was not.
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Somehow, I always feel the quotation marks around that word.
Academic text (1990) -
Notice that the word prophet is often enclosed in quotation marks within this article.
Blog text (6) -
Repeatedly, Simms refers to her as "Queen Mary" using quotation marks, as if to emphasize the contested meaning of that title.
Academic text (2015) -
A quotation of fewer than 40 words is typed within the text and surrounded by quotation marks.
Academic text (2002) -
But remember, open quotation marks, "All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use", close quotation marks.
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In Lampl's preface, we quickly discover the significance of the quotation marks around Tagebuch.
Academic text (1997) -
The teacher explained how to use quotation marks when citing someone's speech in a paper.
Synonyms
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2.3
Marks at the start and end of words that show someone's exact speech or writing
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3.8
Marks like single or double quote that go around words to show someone's exact words
Two quotation marks used to show direct speech or a quotation
A punctuation mark like an apostrophe used to show speech or a quote inside another quote
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a symbol used to mark quoted words' is directly derivable from combining 'quotation' (a quoted passage) with 'mark' (a symbol or sign). This noun–noun composition follows a straightforward, cross-linguistically common naming pattern for punctuation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand the MWE.
Etymology
Quotation mark comes from putting a small mark at the start and end of someone's words, like a little comma, to show those words are a quotation. That's why quotation marks show that the words inside are someone else's speech or a title.