quote

quote
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noun
1 words taken from a book, etc.
ADJECTIVE
famous, memorable, quotable
direct, exact, verbatim

a direct quote from this morning's paper

anonymous
VERB + QUOTE
take

quotes taken from various lifestyle magazines

attribute
QUOTE + VERB
come from sth

The quote of the week comes from Mae West.

PREPOSITION
quote from

a quote from Albert Einstein

2 price that will be charged for a piece of work ⇨ See ↑quotation
ADJECTIVE
written
free
VERB + QUOTE
give (sb)
get, obtain

Always get a written quote before proceeding with work.

accept
PREPOSITION
quote for

a quote for the rental of the equipment

3 quotes punctuation marks showing speech
ADJECTIVE
double, single
PREPOSITION
in quotes

If you take text from other sources, place it in quotes.

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verb
1 repeat exactly what sb has said/written
ADVERB
at length, extensively

She quotes extensively from the author's diaries.

in full

The passage is quoted in full.

accurately, exactly
directly
selectively
approvingly, with approval
above, below, earlier, here, previously

The new text of Article 92, quoted above, gives member states more discretion on this issue.

PREPOSITION
as

She is wrongly quoted as saying ‘Play it again, Sam.’

from

He quoted from Shakespeare.

They quoted from the Bible.

2 give sth as an example
ADVERB
frequently, often
PREPOSITION
as

an example that is often quoted as evidence of mismanagement

on

Don't quote me on this but I think the figure is in excess of £2 billion.

PHRASES
widely quoted

the most widely quoted and influential study in this field

Quote is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑article, ↑magazine, ↑newspaper, ↑report
Quote is used with these nouns as the object: ↑article, ↑author, ↑excerpt, ↑figure, ↑lyrics, ↑maxim, ↑odds, ↑paragraph, ↑passage, ↑phrase, ↑price, ↑reference, ↑report, ↑scripture, ↑source, ↑word

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  • quote — quote, cite, repeat are not close synonyms, though all mean to speak or write again something already said or written by another. Quote usually implies a use of another s words, commonly with faithful exactness or an attempt at it, for some… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Quote — (kw[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quoting}.] [OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr. L. quotus. See {Quota}.] [Formerly written also {cote}.] 1. To cite, as a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quote — QUOTE. adj. f. Il n a d usage que dans cette phrase, Quote part, Qui se dit de la part que chacun doit payer ou recevoir dans la repartition d une somme totale. Il doit payer tant pour sa quote part. il luy revient tant pour sa quote part.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Quote — bezeichnet einen Anteil einer Bestandsgröße, zum Beispiel Frauenquote, oder in selteneren Fällen das Verhältnis zweier Größen, zum Beispiel Wettquote. Sie wird meistens in Prozent angegeben. Im Gegensatz zur Rate, die sich immer auf eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • quote — quote; un·quote; mis·quote; …   English syllables

  • quote — ► VERB 1) repeat or copy out (a passage or remark by another). 2) repeat a passage or remark from. 3) (quote as) put forward or describe as being. 4) give someone (an estimated price). 5) (quote at/as) name (someone or something) at (specified… …   English terms dictionary

  • quote — [kwōt] vt. quoted, quoting [altered (infl. by L) < ME coten < ML quotare, to mark the number of, divide into chapters < L quotus, of what number < IE * kwoti , how many < interrogative base * kwo > WHO] 1. to reproduce or repeat …   English World dictionary

  • Quote — (kw[=o]t), n. A note upon an author. [Obs.] Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quote — I verb adduce, adferre, circumstantiate, cite, cite a holding of a case, corroborate, detail, document, duplicate, establish, excerpt, extract, give word for word, go into detail, instance, make reference, paraphrase, point out, produce an… …   Law dictionary

  • Quote — (v. lat.), bei gemeinschaftlichem Gewinn od. Verlust od. bei Abgaben der Antheil, welcher auf den Einzelnen od. auf einen besteuerten Gegenstand kommt; daher Quotiren, diese Vertheilung bewirken; Quotation (Quotisation), die Antheilsberechnung;… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Quote — (lat., pars quota, »der wievielte Teil«), Bruchteil eines Ganzen, z. B. einer Erbschaft; bei Abrechnungen oder Abgaben der Anteil, der auf den Einzelnen kommt. Pro quota, verhältnismäßig. Quotieren, diese Verteilung bewirken …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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