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- Dictionaryquote/kwəʊt/
verb
- 1. repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person): "I realized she was quoting passages from Shakespeare" Similar
- 2. give someone (the estimated price of a job or service): "a garage quoted him £30" Similar
noun
- 1. a quotation from a text or speech: "a quote from Wordsworth"
- 2. a quotation giving the estimated cost for a particular job or service: "quotes from different insurance companies"
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QUOTE definition: 1. to repeat the words that someone else has said or written: 2. If you quote a fact or example…. Learn more.
The meaning of QUOTE is to speak or write (a passage) from another usually with credit acknowledgment. How to use quote in a sentence.
to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc. to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.). to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work. to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support.
quote in British English. (kwəʊt ) verb. 1. to recite a quotation (from a book, play, poem, etc), esp as a means of illustrating or supporting a statement. 2. (transitive) to put quotation marks round (a word, phrase, etc) 3. stock exchange.
1. a. To repeat or copy (words from a source such as a book), usually with acknowledgment of the source: quoted lines from Shakespeare in his lecture. b. To repeat or copy the words of (a person or a book or other source): likes to quote Shakespeare when giving advice. c.
When you write out a quote, you put the other person’s words in quotation marks (“Aha!”). Sometimes a price estimate is called a quote, like when a mechanic looks at your engine and gives you a quote for the cost of repair.
QUOTE meaning: 1. to repeat what someone has said or written: 2. to give a fact or example in order to support…. Learn more.
quote meaning, definition, what is quote: to repeat exactly what someone else has ...: Learn more.
Noun. Interjection. Filter. verb. quoted, quotes, quoting. To repeat or copy (words from a source such as a book), usually with acknowledgment of the source. Quoted lines from Shakespeare in his lecture. American Heritage. To reproduce or repeat (a passage from a book, a statement, etc.) Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
Definition of quote noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
