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 Definitions of Quotation  [ʊˈteɪ ʃən]  

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Definition of 'Quotation' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) quotation
something quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.

2.  quotation
the act or practice of quoting.

3.  quotation
the statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security.

Etymology:  (1525–35; < ML quotātiō=quotā(re) to quote+ L -tiō -tion)

Definition of 'Quotation' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
"the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

2. (noun) quotation, quote, citation
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

3. (noun) quotation
a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity

4. (noun) quotation
the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
"since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"


Definition of 'Quotation' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) quotation
a part of sth sb has said, written, etc. that is repeated
a quotation from Shakespeare

2.  quotation
an estimate of how much sth will cost
***a quotation for the building work


Definition of 'Quotation' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Quotation
the act of quoting or citing

2. (noun) Quotation
that which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration

3. (noun) Quotation
the naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named

4. (noun) Quotation
quota; share

5. (noun) Quotation
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


Translation of 'Quotation' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person's exact words, as repeated by someone else
a quotation from Shakespeare.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aanhaling Arabic flag Arabic: اقْتِباس، إسْتِشْهاد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: цитат
Brazilian flag Brazilian: citação Czech flag Czech: citát German flag German: das Zitat
Danish flag Danish: citat Greek flag Greek: παράθεμα Spanish flag Spanish: cita
Estonian flag Estonian: tsitaat Farsi flag Farsi: نقل قول Finnish flag Finnish: lainaus
French flag French: citation Hebrew flag Hebrew: צִיטָטָה Hindi flag Hindi: उद्धरण, अवतरण
Croatian flag Croatian: navod Hungarian flag Hungarian: idézet Indonesian flag Indonesian: kutipan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tilvitnun, tilvísun Italian flag Italian: citazione Japanese flag Japanese: 引用
Korean flag Korean: 인용문 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: citata Latvian flag Latvian: citāts
Malay flag Malay: petikan Dutch flag Dutch: citaat Norwegian flag Norwegian: sitat
Polish flag Polish: cytat Persian flag Persian: نقل قول Pashto flag Pashto: را اخيستنه، نقل، اقتباس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: citação Romanian flag Romanian: citat Russian flag Russian: цитата
Slovak flag Slovak: citát Slovenian flag Slovenian: navedek Serbian flag Serbian: citat
Swedish flag Swedish: citat Thai flag Thai: คำอ้างอิง Turkish flag Turkish: alıntı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 語錄 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: цитата Urdu flag Urdu: کسی شخص کا مقولہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đoạn trích dẫn Chinese flag Chinese: 语录

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