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noun
- 1. a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker: "a quotation from Mark Twain" Similar
- 2. a formal statement setting out the estimated cost for a particular job or service: "ensure you receive a written quotation covering all aspects of the job" Similar
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a phrase or short piece of writing taken from a longer work of literature, poetry, etc. or what someone else has said: At the beginning of the book there's a quotation from Abraham Lincoln. Fewer examples.
The meaning of QUOTATION is something that is quoted; especially : a passage referred to, repeated, or adduced. How to use quotation in a sentence.
a phrase or short piece of writing taken from a longer work of literature, poetry, etc. or what someone else has said: At the beginning of the book there's a quotation from Abraham Lincoln. Fewer examples. Her speech was larded with literary quotations. The title is a quotation from Shakespeare. He gave me a book of funny quotations.
A quotation is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written. [1] In oral speech, it is the representation of an utterance (i.e. of something that a speaker actually said) that is introduced by a quotative marker, such as a verb of saying. For example: John said: "I saw Mary today".
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.
noun. /kwəʊˈteɪʃn/ (rather formal) (also rather informal quote) [countable] a group of words or a short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc. and repeated because it is interesting or useful. a dictionary of quotations. Two short quotations will illustrate my point.
A quotation is a sentence or phrase taken from a book, poem, or play, which is repeated by someone else. He illustrated his argument with quotations from Pasternak. [ + from ]
