quotation
noun
Simple meaning
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kwoʊˈteɪʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
countable
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
uncountable
The act of quoting someone or something.
countable
A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
uncountable
The act of setting a price.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
Used this way, quotation is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in literature or storytelling contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Literature/storytelling
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use quotation
- “Since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
Able or fit to be repeated or quoted.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else.
A report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'").
A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- versenoun
- quoteverb
- punctuationnoun
- phrasenoun
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