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quo·ta·tion
 quotation
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- pronunciation:
- kwo
teI
sh
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noun |
| definition 1: |
Quotation is the act of saying or writing the exact words that someone else has said or written.
Jamie's quotation of part of the famous speech went very well. He only made a few mistakes.- similar words:
- quote
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| definition 2: |
A quotation is something that someone else has said or written. A quotation is made up of the exact words that this person wrote or said. In our own writing, when we use a quotation, we show that it is a quotation, and not our own words, by putting something called quotation marks (") at the beginning and end of the words.
"This above all: to thine own self be true" is a famous quotation from a play by the writer William Shakespeare. It means that the most important thing is to be yourself.- synonyms:
- quote
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| related words: |
figure, price |
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