double quotes

American  

plural noun

1. one set of double quotation marks (“ ”), as usually appear around quoted material.

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A “string” is a set of letters the computer can process, surrounded by double quotes.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2012

Inconsistent use of single and double quotes around words and the placing of punctuation either within or external to quotes has been left as-is.

From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar

Double quotes are nested within double quotes, and where this results in 2 doublequotes closing off a speech, one is omitted.

From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 by Hunt, Henry

The problem of quotes can assume nightmarish proportions in a text which contains a lot of dialog, particularly when single and double quotes are nested.

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim

Moved the semi-colon inside the double quotes on page 285, around: "corresponding points."

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John