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A quote is a passage of speech or writing that’s repeated word for word. If a journalist is interviewing you and you blurt out something inappropriate, you will have to ask them not to quote you on that.

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If you quote someone, do you create a quote or a quotation? To quote is to transcribe what someone said or wrote, crediting that person.   Continue reading...

As a verb, to quote means to repeat someone’s words, attributing them to their originator. If you’re giving a speech on personal organization, you might want to quote Ben Franklin in it — he’s the master. When you write out a quote, you put the other person’s words in quotation marks (“Aha!”). Sometimes a price estimate is called a quote, like when a mechanic looks at your engine and gives you a quote for the cost of repair.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: quote

1
 vn
repeat a passage from
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
2
 v
name the price of
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: quote
1

v repeat a passage from

“He quoted the Bible to her”
Synonyms:
cite
cite
refer to for illustration or proof
Types:
misquote
quote incorrectly
Type of:
ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell
to say, state, or perform again

v refer to for illustration or proof

“He said he could quote several instances of this behavior”
Synonyms:
cite
cite
repeat a passage from
Type of:
advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer
make reference to

v put quote marks around

“Here the author is quoting his colleague”
Type of:
mark, punctuate
insert punctuation marks into

n a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

Synonyms:
citation, quotation
Types:
epigraph
a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
mimesis
the representation of another person's words in a speech
misquotation, misquote
an incorrect quotation
Type of:
excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
a passage selected from a larger work

n a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

Synonyms:
inverted comma, quotation mark
Types:
single quote
a single quotation mark
double quotes
a pair of quotation marks
scare quote
the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
Type of:
punctuation, punctuation mark
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
2

v name the price of

“quote prices for cars”
Types:
underquote
quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller)
Type of:
give
convey or reveal information
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