English Explanatory Dictionary

quotation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
  2. The act of quoting someone or something.
  3. A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
  4. The act of setting a price.
  5. A quota, a share.

Pronunciation

/kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/ en-us-quotation.ogg

Word forms

quotation quotations

Etymology

The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotātiō, from Latin quotāre, is attested from the 15th century. The sense “fragment of verbal expression”, attested from the 17th century, may come from this source, or else from the verb quote + -ation.

Synonyms

quote citation cite

Derived words

disquotation indirect quotation logical quotation misquotation overquotation quasiquotation quotational quotationally quotation dash quotationist quotationless quotation mark request for quotation requotation RFQ underquotation
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