quote
Plural: quotes
Noun
- a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
- a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- 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 and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity.
Verb
Verb Forms: quoted, quoting, quotes
- To repeat words from a text or speech.
- repeat a passage from
- "He quoted the Bible to her"
- name the price of
- "quote prices for cars"
- refer to for illustration or proof
- "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
- put quote marks around
- To repeat (the exact words of a person).
- To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
- To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
- To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
- To observe, to take account of.
Intj
- Used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation.
Examples
- After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.
- Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?
- I often QUOTE the Scrabble rulebook when my friends try to play invalid words.
- She loved reading quotes of famous people.
- The writer quoted the president's speech.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.
Antonyms
end quote, unquote
Scrabble Score: 14
quote: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordquote: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
quote: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary