quote
noun/kwəʊt/
(rather informal)Слово англійською: quote
Переклад quote українською: цитата
Детальний опис
- (also rather formal quotation)a group of words or a short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc. and repeated because it is interesting or useful
- The essay was full of quotes.
- quote from something a quote from a New York Times article
- The text begins with a quote from Oscar Wilde.
- (also rather formal quotation)a statement of how much money a particular piece of work will cost
- Their quote for the job was way too high.
- quotes(also more formal quotation marks)[plural] a pair of marks (‘ ’) or ( “ ” ) placed around a word, sentence, etc. to show that it is what somebody said or wrote, that it is a title or that you are using it in an unusual way
- in quotes If you take text from other sources, place it in quotes.
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Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin quotare, from quot ‘how many’, or from medieval Latin quota. The original sense was ‘mark a book with numbers, or with marginal references’, later ‘give a reference by page or chapter’, hence ‘cite a text or person’ (late 16th cent.).