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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kwoh-tey-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : kwoʊˈteɪ ʃən



Definition of quotations

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "numbering," later (1530s) "marginal notation," noun of action from quote (v.) or else from Medieval Latin quotationem (nominative quotatio), noun of action from past participle stem of quotare "to number." Meaning "an act of quoting" is from 1640s; that of "passage quoted" is from 1680s. Quotation marks attested by 1777.
  • noun repetition of something spoken or written by someone
  • noun financial estimate
  • noun citation
Example sentences :
  • From the quotations from your own works, I imagine the review of your own book was by yourself?
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Your anecdotes from Ad-Damiry and your quotations from Montaigne shall not help you.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Quotations are as often applied in a sense which the author did not intend as in that which he did.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • German names and quotations are in Gothic type (black letter).
  • Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius
  • Then, you see, your learning and morality will draw when I am at a loss for quotations.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Some of his sayings became established, daily quotations in the forecastle.
  • Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
  • It's so writ down in the Globe, as are all our quotations—verbatim.
  • Extract from : « Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 » by Various
  • So much, then, for quotations from the mightiest of all our hosts.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • Here everything was quiet; in other words, quotations were low and no sales.
  • Extract from : « The Expressman and the Detective » by Allan Pinkerton
  • No one's going to be particularly cheered next week with my quotations.
  • Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil

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