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quotation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, reference |
| Type of | annotation, notation, note |
| Has types | photo credit, cross-reference, cross-index |
quotation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | citation, quote |
| Type of | excerpt, excerption, extract, selection |
| Has types | mimesis, misquote, epigraph, misquotation |
| Derivation | quote |
quotation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | statement |
| Derivation | quote |
Examples of quotation
quotation
At the bottom of a friend's Christmas card, I found a quotation from John Wayne.
From the al.com
An earlier version of this article included an incorrectly attributed quotation.
From the washingtonpost.com
I'd like to give some comments concerning the quotes in the quotation templates.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The sentence is contained within quotation marks, and I quoted at the end of it.
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The quotation is based on three years of coverage, with a 90-day waiting period.
From the suntimes.com
It's important to understand the difference between a quotation and an estimate.
From the guardian.co.uk
Several quotes on this page are both enclosed in quotation marks and italicized.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Square-bracketed wording should never alter the intended meaning of a quotation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Quotation marks are meant to enclose either direct quotes or figurative language.
From the newsobserver.com
- Citation: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
- A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
- The practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
- A quotation is the repetition of one expression as part of another one, particularly when the quoted expression is well-known or explicitly attributed (as by citation) to its original source, and it is indicated by (punctuated with) quotation marks.
- Quotation may refer to: * Quotation, a reference to a well known expression * Financial quote, market data relating to a security or commodity * Sales quote an offer price for goods or services
- A quotative is grammatical device to mark reported speech in some languages. It can be equated with "spoken quotation marks". In the English sentence
- (The Quotations) The Quotations were a doo-wop band, primarily from James Madison High School in East Brooklyn, New York.
- A fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted; The act of naming a price; the price that has been quoted
