quote
to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.).
to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work.
to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support.
to enclose (words) within quotation marks.
Commerce.
to state (a price).
to state the current price of.
Idioms about quote
quote unquote, so called; so to speak; as it were: If you're a liberal, quote unquote, they're suspicious of you.
Origin of quote
1Other words from quote
- quoter, noun
- outquote, verb (used with object), out·quot·ed, out·quot·ing.
- pre·quote, verb (used with object), pre·quot·ed, pre·quot·ing.
- re·quote, verb (used with object), re·quot·ed, re·quot·ing.
- su·per·quote, verb, su·per·quot·ed, su·per·quot·ing, noun
- un·quot·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with quote
- quotation, quote
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How to use quote in a sentence
Randy Dotinga has gone through the year’s stories to collect the best quotes, tongue lashings and verbal gymnastics.
Morning Report: Redistricting Via Zoom | Voice of San Diego | December 31, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoOne Boy Scouts promotion even included a quote from Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gorden Low.
What the Girl Scouts’ lawsuit against the Boy Scouts gets wrong | Lila MacLellan | December 30, 2020 | QuartzBelow you’ll find key takeaways, quotes and stats, as well as videos from our recent Future of TV event and more.
Deep Dive: How the coronavirus crisis accelerated the already cresting CTV sea change | Jessica Rapp | December 21, 2020 | DigidayTo keep it simple, in some cases, we have shortened or paraphrased the quotes in the headlines.
Slauson believed Mehta used his quotes selectively to portray Tebow as a quarterback who was nothing but an athlete.
A divisive Jets reporter, accused of bullying, loses his place on the beat | Ben Strauss | December 11, 2020 | Washington Post
The unconscious quoter of Dr. Johnson contributed her full share to the colloquy.
The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax | Harriet ParrThe bystanders hushed down the text-quoter—a fuzzy-headed butcher-boy.
Ghetto Comedies | Israel ZangwillA quoter is either ostentatious of his acquirements, or doubtful of his cause.
Why we should read | S. P. B. MaisThe making direct and unacknowledged quotations, and palming them off as the quoter's, is a very grave literary offense.
Like Suger, Peter the Venerable was a quoter of the classics, and a literary man.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
British Dictionary definitions for quote
/ (kwəʊt) /
to recite a quotation (from a book, play, poem, etc), esp as a means of illustrating or supporting a statement
(tr) to put quotation marks round (a word, phrase, etc)
stock exchange to state (a current market price) of (a security or commodity)
an informal word for quotation (def. 1), quotation (def. 2), quotation (def. 3), quotation (def. 4)
(often plural) an informal word for quotation mark put it in quotes
an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the words that follow it form a quotation: the president said, quote, I shall not run for office in November, unquote
Origin of quote
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