- speech marks
- speech marks UK US noun [plural] britishquotation marks
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speech marks
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speech marks — n [plural] BrE the marks ( ) or ( ), that show when someone starts speaking and when they stop = quotation marks … Dictionary of contemporary English
speech marks — speech ,marks noun plural BRITISH QUOTATION MARKS … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
speech marks — noun (plural) the marks (“ ”) or ( ) that show when someone starts speaking and when they stop … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
speech marks — UK / US noun [plural] British quotation marks … English dictionary
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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
