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quotation — noun 1 words taken from a book, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ famous, memorable ▪ direct, verbatim ▪ a direct quotation from a recent speech by the president ▪ illustrative … Collocations dictionary
quotation word — noun see quotation noun … Useful english dictionary
quotation — ► NOUN 1) a passage or remark repeated by someone other than the originator. 2) the action of quoting. 3) a short musical passage or visual image taken from one piece of music or work of art and used in another. 4) a formal statement of the… … English terms dictionary
quotation mark — noun /kwəʊˈteiʃn̩ mɑɹk/ a) One of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing. The symbol used at the beginning of the quotation ( opening quotation mark ) is usually ( open inverted commas ) or ( open inverted comma ), and… … Wiktionary
quotation mark — noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else • Syn: ↑quote, ↑inverted comma • Derivationally related forms: ↑quote (for: ↑quote) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
quotation marks — noun /kwəʊˈteiʃn̩ mɑɹks/ Symbols used to denote a quotation in writing, written at the beginning and end of the quotation. The symbols vary across languages, and slightly different marks may sometimes be used at the beginning and end of the… … Wiktionary
quotation — noun a) A fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted. Where they… … Wiktionary
quotation marks — UK US noun [plural] the symbols ‘ and ’ used in writing before and after a quotation or the words that someone speaks. Quotation marks are a type of punctuation mark . Thesaurus: punctuationhyponym … Useful english dictionary
quotation — noun 1 (C) a sentence or phrase, from a book, speech etc which you repeat in a speech or piece of writing because it is interesting, amusing etc: a quotation from the Bible | a dictionary of quotations 2 (C) a written statement of exactly how… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
quotation — noun 1) a quotation from Dryden Syn: extract, quote, citation, excerpt, passage; N.Amer. cite 2) a quotation for the work Syn: estimate, quote, price, tender, bid, costing … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
