double quotes
noun
1.
quotation marks (“ ”), as usually appear around quoted material.
Compare
single quotes
.
Examples from the web for
double quotes
Compound words containing a hyphen should be treated as phrases and be enclosed in
double quotes
.
If any elements of the command line string contain white space, wrap them in
double quotes
.
There are three quoting mechanisms: the escape character, single quotes, and
double quotes
.
Search for a phrase by enclosing your search terms in
double quotes
.