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quotation

[ kwoh-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.:

    a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. the act or practice of quoting.
  3. Commerce.
    1. the statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security.
    2. the price so stated.


quotation

/ °ì·Éəʊˈ³Ù±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. a phrase or passage from a book, poem, play, etc, remembered and spoken, esp to illustrate succinctly or support a point or an argument
  2. the act or habit of quoting from books, plays, poems, etc
  3. commerce a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
  4. an estimate of costs submitted by a contractor to a prospective client; tender
  5. stock exchange registration granted to a company or governmental body, enabling the shares and other securities of the company or body to be officially listed and traded
  6. printing a large block of type metal that is less than type-high and is used to fill up spaces in type pages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-±ç³Ü´Ç·³Ù²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quotation1

1525–35; 1810–15 quotation fordef 3; < Medieval Latin ±ç³Ü´Ç³ÙÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ±ç³Ü´Ç³ÙÄå³Ù¾±Å ), equivalent to ±ç³Ü´Ç³ÙÄå³Ù ( us ) (past participle of ±ç³Ü´Ç³ÙÄå°ù±ð; quote ) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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Example Sentences

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Those who fail to learn from history, as Salon contributor Mike Lofgren said to me recently, are doomed to repeat famous quotations.

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Present: Grief from murdering her “best friend†aside — quotations used because Natalie barely tolerated her most of the time — Misty’s good!

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RedNote's Chinese name, Xiaohongshu, translates to Little Red Book, but the app says it is not a reference to Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong's book of quotations with the same name.

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He refers to them often in conversation: bits of poetry, quotations, scenes from films.

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I put free speech in quotations because we’re not talking about the kind of free speech people fight and die for under dictatorships or theocracies.

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