quote
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2.3
- noun
- /kwoʊt/
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comilla
- That's a direct quote, sir.
- end the quote
riders say this in quotes, air quotes. They go into the courthouse,
- riders say this in quotes, air quotes. They go into the courthouse,
- Well then the quotes mean does he?
Examples
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They found evidence to those points to be, quote, "Overwhelming".
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"The city of New York will not let property "be destroyed by anyone," end quote.
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So Mac spoke to a reporter about the contest, and she wants a quote.
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Timely as it may seem, this quote was written by James L. Mursell in 1943.
Academic text (1997) -
One witness told us, quote, "She just went mad."
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If one notes the word "cosmopolitan" in this quote, it clearly applies to Santayana as well.
Academic text (2017) -
Quote only that which cannot be paraphrased; offer the jewel of a quote and jettison the setting.
Academic text (2017) -
The teacher asked the students to provide a direct quote from the book to support their argument.
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In her presentation, she included a famous quote by Albert Einstein about imagination.
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The article ended with a poignant quote from the author that encapsulated her views.
Synonyms
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1.1
Small signs in writing used to show the exact words someone said or a short title like a song
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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
Idioms
Compounds
A punctuation mark like an apostrophe used to show speech or a quote inside another quote
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word quote comes from the Latin root quot-, which means 'how many' and also appears in quota. Long ago, writers used marks to show the exact words taken from a numbered text, so quotation marks show that the words are taken from someone else.