quotation
pronunciation
How to pronounce quotation in British English:
UK [kwəʊˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce quotation in American English:
US [kwoʊˈteɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
- the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
Word Origin
- quotation (n.)
- mid-15c., "numbering," later (1530s) "marginal notation," noun of action from quote (v.) or else from Medieval Latin quotationem (nominative quotatio), noun of action from past participle stem of quotare "to number." Meaning "an act of quoting" is from 1640s; that of "passage quoted" is from 1680s. Quotation marks attested by 1777.
Example
- 1. Camus first noted down this quotation from chateaubriand in july 1945 .
- 2. The examples below drop quotation marks in order to be easier to read .
- 3. Henry : but the insurance was supposed to be included in the quotation .
- 4. The quotation alone must be worth a seat on the board .
- 5. It has become a custom of bloggers to find an intriguing quotation for independence day .