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.
verb (used without object),quot·ed,quot·ing.
to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author.
(used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation.)
noun
a quotation.
quotation mark.
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Idioms for 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
1350–1400; 1880–85 for def. 9; Middle English coten, quoten (<Old French coter) <Medieval Latin quotāre to divide into chapters and verses, derivative of Latin quot how many
OTHER WORDS FROM quote
quoter,nounoutquote,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.
When you first set up Halo, it asks you to read a few quotes from classic literature.
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For example, let’s say the first time you shared the article you included a quote from the piece in the social copy.
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There’s no value that is sustained from that one-off experience apart from a nice quote, there’s no new framework or structure to advance people professionally.
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Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
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That quote has been misattributed to him since it first appeared in 1881, when Ben would have been 175 years old.
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The quote appears on the bronze plaque the players touch before they take the field for home games.
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“Telling employees to stick to authorized legal boundaries is a good thing,” he said Wednesday when asked about the quote.
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The passage that you quote from Jack London strikes me as good.
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I'll quote something else: 'I and my life must be where I live.'
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People were able to quote few definite opinions uttered by "Silent Simon," but any that could be quoted were shrewdness itself.
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But to quote from any other language is to commit an outrage on your guests.
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A thing of my own invention,' to quote the knight in 'Through the Looking Glass.'
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British Dictionary definitions for quote
quote
/ (kwəʊt) /
verb
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 exchangeto state (a current market price) of (a security or commodity)
noun
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
interjection
an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the words that follow it form a quotationthe president said, quote, I shall not run for office in November, unquote
Word Origin for quote
C14: from Medieval Latin quotāre to assign reference numbers to passages, from Latin quot how many
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