Dictionary Entry
quote
quote is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
- 3transitive verb
To name the current price of.
- 4transitive verb
To notice; to observe; to examine.
- 5transitive verb
To set down, as in writing.
- 6noun
A note upon an author.
- 7noun
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- 8noun
a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
- 9verb
put quote marks around
"Here the author is quoting his colleague"
- 10verb
repeat a passage from
"He quoted the Bible to her"
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- 11verb
refer to for illustration or proof
"He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
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- 12verb
name the price of
"quote prices for cars"
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