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US
/ˈkwoʊt/
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[ UK /kwˈəʊt/ ]
[ UK /kwˈəʊt/ ]
NOUN
- a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
- a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
VERB
-
repeat a passage from
He quoted the Bible to her -
put quote marks around
Here the author is quoting his colleague -
refer to for illustration or proof
He said he could quote several instances of this behavior -
name the price of
quote prices for cars
How To Use quote In A Sentence
- The overall seaminess of that enterprise is so underreported that just last week, one of the Post's own reporters felt like they had to obtain a quote in order to get the dictionary definition of "lobbyist" into their story. Peter Orszag's Move From The White House To Citigroup Should Definitely Trouble You
- None of the books quotes any sources or authorities for its statements, and all have pathetic indexes.
- I can't quote you chapter and verse but I think it's a line from 'Macbeth'.
- ‘It will therefore serve a better purpose to issue official statements for media consumption,’ Bernama quoted him as saying.
- From the outset, we get the kind of writing beloved of a certain kind of creative writing teacher: the kind you can pluck out and quote admiringly.
- When Carol Thatcher returns to these shores from the jungle she may well be rather surprised to find her ‘good friend’ Linda McDougall quoted in most of the papers. Carol & Linda to Heal the Rift?
- The member did not read out correctly either the exact quote of what the Minister said or what is written here on the Order Paper.
- I quote it at length, with O'Reilly's rather selective quotation in boldface.
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