quotation marks

Cultural  

1. Punctuation marks (“ ”) that set off dialogue, quoted material, titles of short works, and definitions. When something must be quoted inside a quotation, single quotation marks are used: “‘Religion,’ according to Karl Marx (see also Marx), ‘is the opiate of the masses.’”

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Example Sentences

Quotation marks are apparently used around words they’re more sure of, but there’s a seemingly arbitrary pattern to the way those marks are used and not used even within the same brief conversations.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2021

Quotation marks go back to the ancient Greeks, she says.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2017

Quotation marks are only part of the answer.

From Newsweek

Quotation marks inclose every quotation of the exact words of another.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

Quotation marks and an exclamation point have been added to the entry for Chapter XIV in the Table of Contents, to match the chapter title in the main text.

From A Bride from the Bush by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)