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| quote [ kwōt ] |
verb (past and past participle quot·ed, present participle quot·ing, 3rd person present singular quotes) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb repeat somebody's exact words: to repeat or copy the exact words spoken or written by somebody
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2. transitive and intransitive verb refer to something for proof: to refer to something as an example in support of an argument
  He quoted some recently published statistics.
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3. transitive and intransitive verb business give estimate for cost: to give an estimate of the price of providing somebody with a product or service
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4. transitive verb stock exchange give current market price of something: to state the current market price of a stock, bond, or commodity
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5. transitive verb gambling give betting odds for something: to give somebody or something such as a racehorse particular betting odds
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usually passive
)
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6. transitive verb arts repeat part of artistic work: to repeat an excerpt from an artistic work created by somebody else, especially a piece of music
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7. transitive and intransitive verb printing put punctuation around quotation: to place quotation marks around a passage of speech or writing that is being quoted
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noun (plural quotes) |
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1. literature
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informal
)
Same as quotation (sense 1)
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2. printing
Same as quotation mark
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often used in the plural
)
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3. North America business estimate for work: an estimated price for a job or service
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interjection |
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introducing quotation: used to show that the following words are a quotation
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often followed by "unquote"
)
She told me she is, quote, "too good for him," unquote.
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| [14th century. Via medieval Latin quotare "number chapters" < Latin quotus "of what number or amount" < quot "how many?"] |
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| quot·er noun |
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