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    [Verb]  | "quote" | \ ˈkwōt \


    1: to speak or write (a passage) from another usually with credit acknowledgment

    2: to repeat a passage from especially in substantiation or illustration

    3: borrow

    Origin: 1582 ;

     Medieval Latin quotare to mark the number of, number references, from Latin quotus of what number or quantity, from quot how many, (as) many as; akin to Latin qui who ;

    [Noun]  | "quote" 


    1: quotation

    2: quotation mark —often used orally to indicate the beginning of a direct quotation

    Origin: 1888 ;

    [Noun]  | "pull quote" 


    1: a significant passage in an article, story, book, or speech that is quoted and used for drawing attention to its source

    Origin: 1978 ;

    [Idiom]  | "quote as saying" 


    1: to report or say (the exact words) of (someone) —usually used in the form be quoted as

    [Idiom]  | "quote someone on" 


    1: to tell other people that someone said (something)

    [Idiom]  | "quote, unquote" 


    1: —used in speech to show that one is exactly repeating someone else's words

    [Verb]  | "quote" 


    1: to give as an example;


      * e.g., " ... I could quote to you a hundred instances in the past when you've lied to me "



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    2: to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically;


      * e.g., " ... quoted Thomas Jefferson's views on liberty in her paper on the American Revolution "



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    3: to say after another;


      * e.g., " ... don't quote this to anyone, but I think we're going to Veracruz for winter vacation "



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    [Noun]  | "quote" 


    1: a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example;


      * e.g., " ... he got a book of quotes from his favorite author for his birthday "



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     [ "quote" ]

    1: A quote is a word, phrase or sentence that you add to a conversation/essay but is not of your creation, but someone else's.

      * e.g.,  ... I would like to quote my brother on this, "flo sucks like donkey kong"... 

     [ "quote" ]

    1: A VERB, NOT A NOUN

      * e.g.,  ... WRONG: I need 40 quotes for this project 

     [ "quote" ]

    2: to recite or include a passage from a work that is not your own. Basically, a way to get out of actually thinking and making other people do the work for you

      * e.g.,  ... RIGHT: I need 40 quotations for this project -Yeah, I need a few more lines to meet the page requirement, so I think I'll quote Benjamin Franklin. 

     [ "Quote-on-quote" ]

    1: I mishearing of quote, unquote when a person is usually quoting someone else’s phrase or saying something unsurely or in a sarcastic manner

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: I heard that so-and-so had a quote-on-quote “illness” yesterday 

     [ "quote on quote" ]

    1: When people who are either inept with the English language or stupid hear the phrase "quote unquote" and construe it as quote on quote.

      * e.g.,  ... and I repeat quote on quote, "let there be light." 

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    1: Things that other people have said. The original author is usually not given credit for saying it first. Quotes are nice to say in front of friends and acquaintances to impress them and make them think you are funny and intelligent.

      * e.g.,  ... The ability to recite quotes is a good substitute for wit. 

     [ "Quot" ]

    1: When you bust a nut in somebodies nostril.

      * e.g.,  ... Tom shot a quot in Aubrie's nose. 

     [ "quoted" ]

    1: To gain status in a gang. Sometimes used as a means to challenge another member with higher status(OG).

      * e.g.,  ... "You've been hangin' 'round the hood for a while lil hommie, its bought time you got quoted." 

     [ "Quote" ]

    1: If life was like a Bollywood movie, we would be 2 dance sequences and an item number away from marriage.

      * e.g.,  ... Any Bollywood Movie. True quote. 

     [ "Quote" ]

    1: A wise saying by someone who is self-proclaimed genius as to guide non-experienced people through situations in life which they may find difficult or to remark upon obscured facts

      * e.g.,  ... Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a Mistake - Quote by Napoleon There's a thin line between an artist and a serial Killer - Quote by Steven wilson 

     [ "Quotely" ]

    1: –adverb

      * e.g.,  ... "And you said quotely, you said..." 

     [ "Quotely" ]

    2:  in exactly the same words; word for word: to repeat something quotely.

     [ "Quotely" ]

    3: –adjective

     [ "Quotely" ]

    4:  corresponding word for word to the original source or text: a quotely record of the proceedings.

     [ "Quotely" ]

    5:  skilled at recording or noting down speeches, proceedings, etc., with word-for-word accuracy: a quotely stenographer.

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