quote
[ kwoht ]
/ kwoʊt /
verb (used with object), quot·ed, quot·ing.
verb (used without object), quot·ed, quot·ing.
to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author.
(used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation.)
noun
Idioms for quote
quote unquote,
so called; so to speak; as it were: If you're a liberal, quote unquote, they're suspicious of you.
Origin of quote
1350–1400; 1880–85
for def 9; Middle English
coten, quoten (< Old French
coter) < Medieval Latin
quotāre to divide into chapters and verses, derivative of Latin
quot how many
OTHER WORDS FROM quote
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH quote
quotation quoteWords nearby quote
Example sentences from the Web for quote-unquote
The risk of claiming that a series has jumped the shark, quote-unquote, is that you could be jumping the gun.
‘Still Positive’ Shows Why ‘Homeland’ Hasn’t Jumped the Shark (Yet) |Andrew Romano |November 4, 2013 |DAILY BEASTThere's a stunning lack of understanding of what quote-unquote "Wall Street" is.
British Dictionary definitions for quote-unquote (1 of 2)
quote-unquote
interjection
an expression used before or part before and part after a quotation to identify it as such, and sometimes to dissociate the writer or speaker from it
British Dictionary definitions for quote-unquote (2 of 2)
quote
/ (kwəʊt) /
verb
to recite a quotation (from a book, play, poem, etc), esp as a means of illustrating or supporting a statement
(tr)
to put quotation marks round (a word, phrase, etc)
stock exchange
to state (a current market price) of (a security or commodity)
noun
an informal word for quotation (def. 1), quotation (def. 2), quotation (def. 3), quotation (def. 4)
(often plural) an informal word for quotation mark put it in quotes
interjection
an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the words that follow it form a quotation
the president said, quote, I shall not run for office in November, unquote
Word Origin for quote
C14: from Medieval Latin
quotāre to assign reference numbers to passages, from Latin
quot how many