quote
Part of speech: noun
verb
particle
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
commerce
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷó-
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider.
Proto-Italic *kʷot
Latin quot
Latin quotus
Medieval Latin quotāreder.
Old French coterbor.
Middle English quoten
English quote
From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.
Inflected forms:
form: quotes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: quotes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: quoting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: quoted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: quoted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
pos: noun
examples: She loved reading quotes of famous people.
gloss: A quotation mark.
pos: noun
gloss: A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.
pos: noun
examples: After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.
gloss: A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.
pos: noun
gloss: To repeat (the exact words of a person).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The writer quoted the president's speech.
gloss: To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?
gloss: To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To observe, to take account of.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
examples: But must our moderne Critticks envious eye
Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?
That hath made him mad.
I am sorry that with better heed and judgment
I had not quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …
I prethe doe, twill be a sceane of mirth
For me to quote his passions and his smiles,
His amorous haviour, …
gloss: Used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation.
pos: particle
examples: She told me she was, quote, "too hot for you."
Antonyms: end quote
unquote
Derived words: air quote
angle quote
baquote
blind quote
blockquote
corner quote
curly quote
direct quote
double angle quote
double-quote
double quote
duckfoot quote
end of quote
finger quote
Fregean quote
midquote
pull-quote
pull quote
Quine quote
quotebook
quote-driven
quotee
quoteless
quote mark
quotemaster
quote mining
quote on quote
quote retweet
quote-seeker
quote stuffing
quote-tweet
quote tweet
quoteworthy
Quotron
rent-a-quote
scare quote
semiquote
semi-quote
shudder quote
single angle quote
single quote
sneer quote
stepquote
straight quote
backquote
bequote
disquote
don't quote me
enquote
misquote
outquote
overquote
quasiquote
quota
quotability
quotable
quotation
requote
underquote
unquote
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