quotation, quote, citation
(noun) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
quote
(verb) put quote marks around; “Here the author is quoting his colleague”
quote, cite
(verb) repeat a passage from; “He quoted the Bible to her”
quote, cite
(verb) refer to for illustration or proof; “He said he could quote several instances of this behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quote (plural quotes)
A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.
A quotation mark.
A summary of work to be done with a set price.
A price set for a financial security or commodity.
Until the late 19th century, quote was exclusively used as a verb. Since then, it has been used as a shortened form of either quotation or quotation mark; see etymology, above. This use as a noun is well understood and widely used, although it is often rejected in formal and academic contexts.
quote (third-person singular simple present quotes, present participle quoting, simple past and past participle quoted)
(transitive) To repeat the exact words of (a person).
(transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.
(Commerce, transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
(intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
(archaic) To observe, to take account of.
• (repeat words): cite
• end quote
• unquote
• toque
Source: Wiktionary
Quote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quoting.] Etym: [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 passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
3. (Com.)
Definition: To name the current price of.
4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] "He's quoted for a most perfidious slave." Shak.
Syn.
– To cite; name; adduce; repeat. Quote, Cite. To cite was originally to call into court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also used to indicate an appeal to some one as an authority, without adducing his exact words.
Quote, n.
Definition: A note upon an author. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
