quote

[kwoht] /kwoʊt/

verb (used with object), quoted, quoting.

to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.

to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.).

to use a brief excerpt from:

The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work.

to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support.

to enclose (words) within quotation marks.

Commerce.

to state (a price).
to state the current price of.

verb (used without object), quoted, quoting.

to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author.

(used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation. )

noun

a quotation.

10.

quotation mark.

Idioms

11.

quote unquote, so called; so to speak; as it were:

If you're a liberal, quote unquote, they're suspicious of you.

Origin

1350-1400; 1880-85 for def 9; Middle English coten, quoten (< Old French coter) < Medieval Latin quotāre to divide into chapters and verses, derivative of Latin quot how many

Related forms

quoter, noun

outquote, verb (used with object), outquoted, outquoting.

prequote, verb (used with object), prequoted, prequoting.

requote, verb (used with object), requoted, requoting.

superquote, verb, superquoted, superquoting, noun

unquoted, adjective

Can be confused

quotation, quote.

Examples from the web for quote

Over years and years, they don't discuss the particular topic from a different angle, they simply repeat the well rehearsed quote.
Most politicians quote Shakespeare badly, if at all — with a special emphasis on at all.
There are about a half-dozen quotes that tech people use all the time.
He would quote the Bible quite sparingly, but to tremendous effect.
The truth is, I fudged the quote a little.
That's a love quote if ever there was one.
It's a quote my mother and I have shared since seeing the movie.
The appeals judge totally missed the point in the quote provided.
That Sunday, my quote appeared in his column.
Please, always quote your sources.

British Dictionary definitions for quote

quote

/kwəʊt/

verb

to recite a quotation (from a book, play, poem, etc), esp as a means of illustrating or supporting a statement

(transitive) to put quotation marks round (a word, phrase, etc)

(stock exchange) to state (a current market price) of (a security or commodity)

noun

an informal word for quotation (sense 1), quotation (sense 2), quotation (sense 3), quotation (sense 4)

(often pl) an informal word for quotation mark put it in quotes

interjection

an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the words that follow it form a quotation: the president said, quote, I shall not run for office in November, unquote

Word Origin

C14: from Medieval Latin quotāre to assign reference numbers to passages, from Latin quot how many

Word Origin and History for quote

late 14c., coten, "to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references," from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotare "distinguish by numbers, number chapters," from Latin quotus "which in order? what number (in sequence)?," from quot "how many," from PIE *kwo-ti-, from pronomial root *kwo- (see who).

The sense development is via "to give as a reference, to cite as an authority" (1570s) to "to copy out or repeat exact words" (1670s). Modern spelling with qu- is from early 15c. The business sense of "to state the price of a commodity" (1866) revives the etymological meaning. Related: Quoted; quoting.

"a quotation," 1885, from quote (v.). From c.1600 as "a marginal reference." Quotes for "quotation marks" is from 1869.