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quote

noun · verb

Simple meaning

A summary of work to be done with a set price.

Pronunciation

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kwoht
US device voice
IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈkwoʊt

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.

  2. A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.

  3. A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.

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

  5. A quotation mark.

verb

  1. Repeat a passage from

    “He quoted the Bible to her.”

  2. transitive

    To repeat (the exact words of a person).

  3. intransitive

    To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.

  4. transitive

    To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A1 · Beginner
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.

Used this way, quote is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • quotationnounDerived noun

    A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.

  • quotableadjectiveDerived adjective

    Able or fit to be repeated or quoted.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • double quotesnounCompound term

    A pair of quotation marks.

  • scare quotenounCompound term

    The use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology.

  • single quotenounCompound term

    A single quotation mark.

More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

noun

Sense: summary of work to be done with a set price

quotation mark

verb

Sense: repeat a passage from

cite

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