If a journalist is interviewing you and you blurt out something inappropriate, you will have to ask her not to quote you on that. Sometimes the word quote is used as shorthand for quotation, a passage of speech or writing that’s repeated word for word.
To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration;
Noun
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Noun
a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
Verb
put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"
Verb
repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
Verb
refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
Verb
name the price of; "quote prices for cars"
v. t.
To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat,
or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority
or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
v. t.
To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a
statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
v. t.
To name the current price of.
v. t.
To notice; to observe; to examine.
v. t.
To set down, as in writing.
n.
A note upon an author.
Quote
Quote
To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration;
A note upon an author.
Usage Examples
Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.
I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food.
I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
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Other Usage ExamplesI do not quote my own movies. I think I would be pretty insufferable if I did.
Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was.
As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if - to quote Professor Higgins - a woman could be more like a man.
The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.
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