Quotation

What do we mean by quotation?

The act of quoting. noun

A passage quoted. noun

An explicit reference or allusion in an artistic work to a passage or element from another, usually well-known work. noun

The quoting of current prices and bids for securities and goods. noun

The prices or bids cited. noun

The act of quoting or citing. noun

That which is quoted; an expression, a statement, or a passage cited or repeated as the utterance of some other speaker or writer; a citation. noun

In com., the current price of commodities or stocks, published in prices-current, etc. noun

Abbr. of quotation-quadrat. In printing, a large hollow quadrat, usually of the size 3 × 4 picas, made for the larger blanks in printed matter. noun

Synonyms Extract. See quote. noun

The act of quoting or citing. noun

That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. noun

The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also, the price named. noun

Quota; share. noun

A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc. noun

Two inverted commas placed at the beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a passage quoted from an author in his own words. noun

A fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted. noun

The act of naming a price; the price that has been quoted. noun

A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity noun

A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but also scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc., may be quoted.

A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.

The act of setting a price.

A quota, a share.

To be in quotation marks. Urban Dictionary

Short for fixed price quotation. A (usually written and time limited) fixed price offer to supply goods and/or services. In response to a consumer request. Compare: Estimate. Urban Dictionary

To vocally quote a term using an inflection in your voice. Urban Dictionary

Editing or building upon an existing quote Urban Dictionary

When you put quotes around a certain word or phrase to imply something without saying it directly. In the mafia for example they would say something like, "The dishes are done and the kids are in bed" to imply to a hierarchy or an associate in a public place that the order was successfully carried out, such as the transporting of drugs, blowing something up or murdering someone. Or: I'll bring the party "supplies" by your house around 10. (supplies being alcohol w/o being directly stated) Urban Dictionary

Using the universal "heavy metal" hand gesture (fist with index and pinky fingers extended) and combining it with the quotation marks hand gesture to achieve Rock Quotation Marks. Normally used ironically/sarcastically. Urban Dictionary

Quotational: of, resembling, or expressed as a quote: a fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted. Haiku: a three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme. Quotational Haiku: a quote in a haiku form. Urban Dictionary

When a dummy tries to mansplain something to you by incorrectly using air quotes and suffering a malapropism in the same instance. Urban Dictionary

A punctuation mark used to indicate the beginning and end of a quoted passage, or to indicate that a word or phrase is slang Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to quotation:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word quotation:
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Words that rhyme with quotation:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe quotation:
above, direct, first, second, last, long, brief, indirect, next, biblical, full, single, apt, short, latin, foregoing, third, exact, famous, previous, extensive, lengthy, final, further, favorite, original, scriptural, earlier, familiar, appropriate, favourite, actual, extended, literal, verbatim, classical, latter, frequent, greek, formal, selective, official, partial, worth, subsequent, known, fourth, literary, mere, poetical, introductory, musical, interesting, longer, 1st, lowest, fuller, correct, relevant, apposite, explicit, accurate, illustrative, earliest, occasional, hackneyed, verbal, composite, pertinent, 2nd, happy, poetic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective quotation:
marks, points, clauses, form, basis, sentences, exp, policy.

Words that sound like quotation:
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