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Noun quote has 2 senses
- quotation mark, quote, inverted comma - a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
--1 is a kind of punctuation, punctuation mark
--1 has particulars: single quote; double quotes; scare quote
- quotation, quote, citation - a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
--2 is a kind of excerpt, extract, selection
--2 has particulars: epigraph; mimesis; misquotation
Verb quote has 4 senses
- quote, cite - repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
--1 is one way to repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
Sample sentences:
The parents quote a French poem to the children
The parents quote the children a French poem
- quote - name the price of; "quote prices for cars"
--2 is one way to give
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- quote, cite - refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
--3 is one way to mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- quote - put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"
--4 is one way to punctuate, mark
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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