quote
verb (used with object)
to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
quoted
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past participleof quote.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof quote.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
quoteverb (used with object)to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
Example Sentences
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A report in The Times newspaper quoted the general's concerns about the "Harry-Meghan nonsense", suggesting this was the background to the decision.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The reporter may have misheard the comment, or maybe the person being quoted actually said it, or something odd happened in the editing process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
According to an energy ministry source quoted by the Saudi Press Agency, "several energy sector facilities and installations in the southern region of the kingdom were targeted this morning".
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
When I ordered my server in late July, the vendor held the quoted price only on the condition that I paid before a set date, and told me plainly that missing it meant repricing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
My voice shook as I said the lines, for I remembered as I said them that in the letter my brother wrote me before his death he had quoted the same words.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
