Quote

Verb

 * 1)  To refer to (part of) a speech that has been made by someone else.
 * 2)  To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.
 * 3)   To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
 * 4)  To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
 * 5)  To observe, to take account of.
 * 6) * 1598, John Marston, The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image, and Certaine Satyres, Satyre IV:
 * But must our moderne Critticks envious eye Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?
 * 1) * 1600, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 2, scene 1:
 * That hath made him mad. I am sorry that with better heed and judgment I had not quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …
 * 1) * 1606, John Day, The Isle of Gulls:
 * I prethe doe, twill be a sceane of mirth For me to quote his passions and his smiles, His amorous haviour, …

Synonyms

 * cite

Antonyms

 * end quote
 * unquote

Derived terms

 * quotable
 * quote unquote
 * misquote

Related terms

 * quota
 * quotation
 * quotidian
 * quotient

Noun

 * 1) A quotation, statement attributed to someone else.
 * 2) A quotation mark.
 * 3) A summary of work to be done with a set price.
 * ''After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff

Derived terms

 * pull-quote

Adverbs for Quote
copiously; philosophically; widely; extensively; oracularly; preeminently; plaintively; magnanimously; ardently; biblically; poetically; habitually; felicitously; illustratively; multifariously; aptly; erroneously.

Thesaurus
affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, aver, bring in, bring up, call to mind, call up, cite, cite a particular, come again, copy, declare, demonstrate, ditto, do a repeat, do again, do over, document, double, duplicate, echo, example, excerpt, exemplify, extract, give a for-instance, illustrate, imitate, instance, itemize, mention, name, nuncupate, parrot, particularize, plagiarize, proclaim, quotation, recite, redo, redouble, reduplicate, reecho, refer to, reference, regurgitate, reincarnate, relate, renew, repeat, reproduce, retell, revive, say again, state

Etymology
Recorded since 1387 "to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references", from coter, from Medieval Latin quotare "to distinguish by numbers, number chapters", itself from   quotus "which, what number (in sequence)," from quot "how many" (related to quis "who"). The sense developped 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.

Pronunciation




Verb

 * Arabic: استشهد
 * Bulgarian: цитирам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 摘引
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, siteerata
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: αναφέρω, παραθέτω
 * Hebrew: לצטט


 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: sitere
 * Polish: cytować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: цитировать, ссылаться
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: vecize, alinti,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 報價, 报价, 開價, 开价
 * Dutch: een bestek opmaken, een (prijs)offerte doen
 * Finnish: tarjota


 * German: Preisangebot machen
 * Greek: προσφέρω
 * Russian: давать расценку
 * Swedish: ge anbud, offerera


 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: quoteren


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: назначать цену, давать расценку


 * Greek: μνημονεύω, επικαλούμαι


 * : citar

Noun

 * Arabic: اقتباس, استشهاد
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: citaat, (tekst)aanhaling
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: lainaus, sitaatti
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: παράθεμα, παράθεση, περικοπή, χωρίο


 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: sitat
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: علامة اقتباس, علامة تنصيص
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 引號, 引号, ,  ,  ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: lainausmerkki
 * Greek: εισαγωγικό, εισαγωγικά


 * Japanese:,  ,  鉤括弧 ,  ,  ,  二重鉤括弧 ;   二重引用符
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, ,  ,
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: سعر
 * Dutch: bestek, (prijs)offerte, prijsopgave
 * Finnish: tarjous
 * French:
 * Greek: προσφορά, τιμή


 * Hebrew: הצעת מחיר
 * Russian: предложение цены, назначенная цена,  котировка
 * Swedish: anbud,


 * : citation, devis

Anagrams

 * toque

Noun
quote