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quotation
[ kwoh-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.:
a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.
Synonyms: , ,
- the act or practice of quoting.
- Commerce.
- the statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security.
- the price so stated.
quotation
/ əʊˈٱɪʃə /
noun
- a phrase or passage from a book, poem, play, etc, remembered and spoken, esp to illustrate succinctly or support a point or an argument
- the act or habit of quoting from books, plays, poems, etc
- commerce a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
- an estimate of costs submitted by a contractor to a prospective client; tender
- stock exchange registration granted to a company or governmental body, enabling the shares and other securities of the company or body to be officially listed and traded
- printing a large block of type metal that is less than type-high and is used to fill up spaces in type pages
Other Word Forms
- qܴ·ٲtDz noun
- -ܴ·ٲtDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of quotation1
Example Sentences
Mr Quinn said the BBC were "manufacturing consent for genocide" by using words such as reportedly and putting quotation marks in its reporting.
By the 4th century BCE, Athenian orators even quoted lines from the tragedians in court, knowing that jurors “liked quotations from tragedy,” in one scholar’s words.
Those who fail to learn from history, as Salon contributor Mike Lofgren said to me recently, are doomed to repeat famous quotations.
Present: Grief from murdering her “best friend” aside — quotations used because Natalie barely tolerated her most of the time — Misty’s good!
RedNote's Chinese name, Xiaohongshu, translates to Little Red Book, but the app says it is not a reference to Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong's book of quotations with the same name.
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