quote

Speech parts

1. quote - Noun

2. quote - Verb

Meaning

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.

To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.

To name the current price of.

To notice; to observe; to examine.

To set down, as in writing.

A note upon an author.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cite citation name repeat quotation quotation mark echo maxim line list say appraising reference hit instance
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Antonyms

word action act clear activity demonstrate
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Hypernyms

mark name give refer selection mention

Hyponyms

epigraph mimesis misquote misquotation single quote underquote

Phrases with the word

quote-seeker quote, unquote dying quote individual quote unique quote remarkable quote

Derivatives

quoted quoting

Anagrams

toque

Examples

I quote others only in order the better to express myself. Michel de Montaigne

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. George Bernard Shaw

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. Edward Young

Our elders quote the cock as saying that "it would not be good if one becomes the only person in the world, and that is why they crow every morning to show their number". Nigerian Proverb

To quote lies is also lying. Turkish Proverb

The devil can quote Scripture to his own advantage. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

quotative quotatively quotativeness quote mark quote mining quote on quote