quote
to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.).
to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work.
to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support.
to enclose (words) within quotation marks.
Commerce.
to state (a price).
to state the current price of.
Idioms about quote
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
1Other 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
- quotation, quote
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How to use quote in a sentence
That "partisan war paint" is going to be requoted and remembered for some time.
The great instance of the downfall of the Roman civilization need not be requoted.
Subsequently, Father Ydens and his notary have been quoted and requoted as authoritative witnesses.
Freaks of Fanaticism | Sabine Baring-GouldThese words are exactly parallel to what Wesley wrote in one of his earlier works, and requoted in 1766.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
British Dictionary definitions for quote
/ (kwəʊt) /
to recite a quotation (from a book, play, poem, etc), esp as a means of illustrating or supporting a statement
(tr) to put quotation marks round (a word, phrase, etc)
stock exchange to state (a current market price) of (a security or commodity)
an informal word for quotation (def. 1), quotation (def. 2), quotation (def. 3), quotation (def. 4)
(often plural) an informal word for quotation mark put it in quotes
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
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