quote

[ kwoht ]
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verb (used with object),quot·ed, quot·ing.
  1. to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.

  2. to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.).

  1. to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work.

  2. to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support.

  3. to enclose (words) within quotation marks.

  4. Commerce.

    • to state (a price).

    • to state the current price of.

verb (used without object),quot·ed, quot·ing.
  1. to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author.

  2. (used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation.)

Idioms about quote

  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; 1880–85 for def. 9; Middle English coten, quoten, from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre “to divide into chapters and verses,” derivative of Latin quot “how many”

Other 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

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How to use quote in a sentence

  • Tyrwhitt confuses the matter by quoting Lye, who mixed up this word with tombestere, a female tumbler; for which see Cant.

  • Quoting again from experience, a new birth, a change of heart, is perfectly possible in every one of the great faiths.

  • Here the word tasis indicates that by harmoniai Plutarch (or the older author from whom he was quoting) meant particular keys.

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
  • Many of them found the whole of their religion in its pages, and were constantly quoting texts of Scripture.

    Stories That Words Tell Us | Elizabeth O'Neill
  • "'Violet Walbridge confesses to a passion for Honobosa Iccho,'" he declaimed, as if quoting a possible headline.

    Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg

British Dictionary definitions for quote

quote

/ (kwəʊt) /


verb
  1. to recite a quotation (from a book, play, poem, etc), esp as a means of illustrating or supporting a statement

  2. (tr) to put quotation marks round (a word, phrase, etc)

  1. stock exchange to state (a current market price) of (a security or commodity)

noun
  1. (often plural) an informal word for quotation mark put it in quotes

interjection
  1. 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

1
C14: from Medieval Latin quotāre to assign reference numbers to passages, from Latin quot how many

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