quote
/kwoʊt/ verb B2- To repeat (the exact words of a person). · The writer quoted the president's speech.
- 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 mark an S-expression argument for self-evaluation by the interpreter in Lisp.
He/she/it quotes · Past quoted · Past participle quoted · -ing form quoting
Verb forms
- Base form
- quote
- He/she/it
- quotes
- Past
- quoted
- Past participle
- quoted
- -ing form
- quoting
From the library
Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest way who he might be and what he had done.
“Handsome is as handsome does,” quoted Marilla.
It was headed with the address quoted.
Underneath the vigorous headlines which our client had quoted, I read the following suggestive narrative:
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