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quote

quote

430 1.6
A short passage from a book or speech that someone repeats
  • noun
  • /kwoʊt/
translation icon : cita
  • In her presentation, she included a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. that inspired many listeners.
  • the following quote
  • the quote above
  • the quote illustrates

This isn't just a great quote, it's truth.

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Examples

  • So the first one is a quote from Seneca.

    ReasonTV

  • This isn't just a great quote, it's truth.

    DoctorRamani

  • And that goes back to that quote, which is be kind.

    Sunny Lenarduzzi

  • So head to the link down below the quote that you said.

  • And you actually had another quote way earlier.

  • The quote is, "It does not take many words," and actually, sometimes it does.

    Americana (2025)

  • I received permission to use the quote from both the professor and the author.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The following is a quote from our debate advisory standards.

    Man of the Year (2006)

  • And there's this great quote by Les Brown.

  • When you write the article, start with the most interesting quote or startling fact you uncovered during the interview.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

quotation
vsquote
62 2.6

A short piece of someone else's words used to support an idea with the source named

is the common name for a passage repeated from another source
blockquote
vsquote
  • Texting
2 4.5

A section of text quoted from another source and set apart by indenting

is the general word for a passage taken from another text rather than its layout
direct quotation
vsquote
1 3.0

The exact words someone said or wrote shown in quotation marks

is broader and may copy wording less exactly
excerption
vsquote
9.9

A short part taken from a longer text for reading or study

is the usual term for a passage taken and repeated by someone else

Idioms

quote unquote
  • Informal
6 7.7

To show a word someone else said or that you doubt it

Compounds

famous quote
6 2.5

A saying that many people know and repeat

pull quote
  • Literature
1 4.1

A short quotation from an article shown separately to draw attention

scare quote
  • Literature
1 7.7

Quotation marks put around a word to show doubt or irony

rent-a-quote
  • Offensive
9.9

A person the media often asks to give short predictable comments

single quote
3.4

A punctuation mark like an apostrophe used to show speech or a quote inside another quote

How Long

passage
149 2.8
quote
430 1.6
excerpt
763 4.3
sentence
499 1.0
phrase
  • Specialized
662 2.6

Surface Forms

quote singular
quotes plural

Etymology

The word quote comes from the Latin root quot-, which means 'how many' and is also in quota. A helpful way to remember this is that people pointed to exact numbered lines, so a quote is the exact passage or words taken from a book or speech.