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Quote (Noun)

Meaning 1

A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Examples

  • The professor asked the student to put a quote around the phrase to indicate it was a direct quote from the novel.
  • She carefully placed a quote around the sentence to set it apart from the rest of the text.
  • The journalist made sure to include a quote around the politician's statement to avoid any confusion.
  • The teacher reminded the students to use a quote when copying a phrase from another source.
  • The editor checked the article to ensure that all direct quotes were properly enclosed in quotes.

Synonyms

  • Quotation Mark
  • Inverted Comma

Hypernyms

  • Punctuation

Hyponyms

  • Double Quotes
  • Scare Quote
  • Single Quote

Related Words

  • Quote (verb)

Meaning 2

A passage or expression that is quoted or cited.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Synonyms

  • Citation
  • Quotation

Hypernyms

  • Selection
  • Excerpt
  • Extract

Hyponyms

  • Epigraph
  • Misquotation
  • Mimesis

Related Words

  • Quote (verb)
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