open quote
Americannoun
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the quotation mark used to begin a quotation (“ or ").
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(used by a speaker to signify that a quotation will follow.)
Example Sentences
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It’s likely they decided to take the comma, rotate it 180 degrees and move it to the top of the line: Voilà, a single open quote mark.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2022
Speaking of which, have you ever noticed how often news channel chyrons use a single open quote mark rather than an apostrophe?
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2018
De Baptismo should have an open quote mark before “De” 192 each which should read each of which.
From The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche
Removed open quote at beginning of a page break of poem IX.
From An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics by Various
The text indicated quotes by repeating the open quote character on each new line.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
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