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
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
