quotation
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from…A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
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32 sentencesWe need a firm quotation by Monday.
What's your favorite quotation?
I don't know how to use quotation marks.
Я не вмію користуватися лапками. — deniko
Meaning
5 senses(countable)A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
"Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
(countable)A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.
Angebot, Preisangebot
расце́нкаrascénka, расце́ниваниеrascénivanije
(uncountable)The act of quoting someone or something.
More meanings 2
(uncountable)The act of setting a price.
(countable, obsolete)A quota, a share.
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- 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.
Origin
The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotātiō, from Latin quotāre, is attestThe 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.
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Forms
plural: quotations| Singular | quotation |
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regular
Synonyms
7 synonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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