Advertisement
Advertisement
quotation
[ kwoh-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.:
a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.
Synonyms: , ,
- the act or practice of quoting.
- Commerce.
- the statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security.
- the price so stated.
quotation
/ °ì·Éəʊˈ³Ù±ðɪʃə²Ô /
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
- an estimate of costs submitted by a contractor to a prospective client; tender
- 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
- printing a large block of type metal that is less than type-high and is used to fill up spaces in type pages
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è°ù±ðq³Ü´Ç·³Ù²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
- ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-±ç³Ü´Ç·³Ù²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of quotation1
Example Sentences
Those who fail to learn from history, as Salon contributor Mike Lofgren said to me recently, are doomed to repeat famous quotations.
Present: Grief from murdering her “best friend†aside — quotations used because Natalie barely tolerated her most of the time — Misty’s good!
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.
He refers to them often in conversation: bits of poetry, quotations, scenes from films.
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.
Advertisement
Related ˜yÐÄvlogs
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse