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quo·ta·tion

(kwō-tā′shən)

1. The act of quoting.

2. A passage quoted.

3. An explicit reference or allusion in an artistic work to a passage or element from another, usually well-known work: "Direct quotations from other paintings are fairly sparse" (Robert Hughes).

a. The quoting of current prices and bids for securities and goods.

b. The prices or bids cited.

quo·ta′tion·al adj.

quo·ta′tion·al·ly adv.

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quotation

(kwəʊˈteɪʃən)

1. a phrase or passage from a book, poem, play, etc, remembered and spoken, esp to illustrate succinctly or support a point or an argument

2. the act or habit of quoting from books, plays, poems, etc

3. (Commerce) commerce a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity

4. (Commerce) an estimate of costs submitted by a contractor to a prospective client; tender

5. (Stock Exchange) stock exchange registration granted to a company or governmental body, enabling the shares and other securities of the company or body to be officially listed and traded

6. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing a large block of type metal that is less than type-high and is used to fill up spaces in type pages

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quo•ta•tion

(kwoʊˈteɪ ʃən)

n.

1. something quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.

2. the act or practice of quoting.

3. the statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security.

[1525–35; < Medieval Latin quotātiō=quotā(re) to quote + Latin -tiō -tion]

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Noun	1.	quotation - a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" cite, acknowledgment, mention, reference, citation, credit annotation, notation, note - a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" photo credit - a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph cross-index, cross-reference - a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
	2.	quotation - a passage or expression that is quoted or cited quote, citation excerpt, excerption, extract, selection - a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" epigraph - a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing mimesis - the representation of another person's words in a speech misquotation, misquote - an incorrect quotation
	3.	quotation - a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
	4.	quotation - the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation" practice, pattern - a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"

quotation

noun

1. passage, quote (informal), excerpt, cutting, selection, reference, extract, citation He illustrated his argument with quotations from Pasternak.

2. (Commerce) estimate, price, tender, rate, cost, charge, figure, quote (informal), bid price Get several written quotations and check exactly what's included in the cost.

Quotations
"Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language" [Dr. Johnson Dictionary of the English Language (preface)]

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Translations

إقْتِباس، عَرْض سِعْراِقْتِبَاساقْتِباس، إسْتِشْهادسِعْر

цитат

citátkótacekurzcenová nabídkacitace

citatgive tilbudtilbud

Zitat Anführung Berechnung Preisangabe

περικοπή

cita citación cotización

lainaussitaatti

citation devis estimatif

citat

idézésidézet

tilvitnuntilvitnun, tilvísunuppgefiî verî

citazione quotazione valore corrente preventivo [di spesa]

引用文

인용문

citaat

sitat sitering tilvisning anbud pris

cytat

citação

citat

цитата

cenová ponukacitáciacitát

navedek

citat

ข้อความอ้างอิง

alıntıalıntılamafiyatfiyat söylemekotasyon

đoạn trích dẫn

引语报价行情语录

quotation

[kwəʊˈteɪʃən]

A. N

1. (= words, line) → cita f
dictionary of quotations → diccionario m de citas famosas

2. (= act of quoting) he has a fondness for quotation → le encanta citar

3. (Comm) (= estimate) → presupuesto m
shop around for the best insurance quotation → pregunte en varias agencias hasta que encuentre la póliza más barata

4. (St Ex) → cotización f

B. CPD quotation marks NPL → comillas fpl
in quotation marks (lit, fig) → entre comillas
I use the term "good" in quotation marks → utilizo el término "bueno" entre comillas
single/double quotation marks → comillas fpl simples/dobles

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quotation

[kwəʊˈteɪʃ^ən] n

(from author, book) → citation f
a quotation from Shakespeare → une citation de Shakespeare

(= estimate) → devis m

(on stock exchange) → cote f, cours mquotation marks npl → guillemets mpl
in quotation marks → entre guillemets

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quotation

(= passage cited) → Zitat nt; (act) → Zitieren nt; dictionary of quotations → Zitatenlexikon nt; a quotation from Shakespeare → ein Shakespearezitat nt; a quotation from the Bible → ein Bibelzitat nt; a two-bar quotation from Bach → zwei Takte, die von Bach übernommen sind

(Fin: = statement of price) → (Börsen- or Kurs)notierung f

(Comm: = estimate) → (Preis)angebot nt; (for building work etc) → Kostenvoranschlag m; to get a quotation → einen Kostenvoranschlag einholen

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quotation

[kwəʊˈteɪʃ/ən] n

a. (words) → citazione f

b. (estimate) → preventivo; (of shares) → quotazione f

quote

(kwəut) verb

1. to repeat the exact words of a person as they were said or written. to quote Shakespeare / Shakespeare's words / from Shakespeare, `Is this a dagger which I see before me?'

2. to name (a price).

3. to mention or state in support of an argument. to quote an example.

quoˈtation noun

1. a person's exact words, as repeated by someone else. a quotation from Shakespeare.

2. a price mentioned (for a job etc).

3. the act of quoting.

quotation marks

marks (``'' or `') used to show that a person's words are being repeated exactly. He said `I'm going out.'

quotation

→ اِقْتِبَاس citát citat Zitat περικοπή cita lainaus citation citat citazione 引用文 인용문 citaat sitat cytat citação цитата citat ข้อความอ้างอิง alıntı đoạn trích dẫn 引语

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ONE pleasant day in the latter part of eternity, as the Shades of all the great writers were reposing upon beds of asphodel and moly in the Elysian fields, each happy in hearing from the lips of the others nothing but copious quotation from his own works (for so Jove had kindly bedeviled their ears), there came in among them with triumphant mien a Shade whom none knew.

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Ronaldson looked down with a slightly pious expression which indicated, I felt sure, that they thought the quotation was from Holy Writ.

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In such mouths I might have coupled it with an apt quotation from one of Shakespeare's sonnets:

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The word "recognized" in Dunlap's quotation should be "cognized.") "The object itself can never be identified with the present modification of the individual's consciousness by which it is cognized" (ib.

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Pardon the pedantry of a Latin quotation, and believe me,

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Every boy he encountered added another ton to his depression; and when, in desperation, he flew for refuge at last to the bosom of Huckleberry Finn and was received with a Scriptural quotation, his heart broke and he crept home and to bed realizing that he alone of all the town was lost, forever and forever.

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For which hackneyed quotation I will make the reader amends by a very noble one, which few, I believe, have read.

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Anne could not immediately fall into a quotation again.

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"And kind hearts, they say, are more than coronets," she replied merrily, indulging in that derisive quotation which seems to be the final reward of the greatest poets.

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"I shall have to fall back on another Professor Woodleigh quotation to express what it has done for me," said Priscilla.

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You can always tell what is from the original by the quotation marks, if by nothing else.

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A conspicuous, and it is hope not unpleasant, feature of the book is its abundant illustrative quotations from eminent poets, chief of whom is that learned and ingenius cleric, Father Gassalasca Jape, S.J., whose lines bear his initials.