nnoun.communicationa punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone elseSynset:inverted comma quotation mark
Derivationally Related Form:quote
Hypernyms:punctuation punctuation mark
Inherited Hypernyms:quotation markpunctuationmarkwritten symbolsymbolsignalcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:double quotesscare quotesingle quote
Full Hyponyms:double quotesscare quotesingle quote
nnoun.communicationa passage or expression that is quoted or citedSynset:citation quotation
Derivationally Related Form:quotecite
Hypernyms:excerpt excerption extract selection
Inherited Hypernyms:quotationexcerptpassagesectionmusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:quotationexcerptpassagesectionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:epigraphmimesismisquotationmisquote
Full Hyponyms:epigraphmimesismisquotation
vverb.communicationrepeat a passage fromSynset:cite
Examples:- He quoted the Bible to her
Derivationally Related Form:quoterquotequotationcitation
Hypernyms:ingeminate iterate reiterate repeat restate retell
Inherited Hypernyms:quoterepeattellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:misquote
Full Troponyms:misquote
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s somebody something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | The parents --- a French poem to the children (apply to: quote, cite) | The parents --- the children a French poem (apply to: quote, cite)
vverb.communicationname the price ofDerivationally Related Form:quotation
Hypernyms:give
Inherited Hypernyms:quotegivestateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:underquote
Full Troponyms:underquote
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationrefer to for illustration or proofSynset:cite
Examples:- He said he could quote several instances of this behavior
Hypernyms:advert bring up cite mention name refer
Inherited Hypernyms:quotementionthink ofassociatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationput quote marks aroundExamples:- Here the author is quoting his colleague
Derivationally Related Form:quote
Hypernyms:mark punctuate
Inherited Hypernyms:quotepunctuateaddincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something