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1. Repeat a passage from
   "He quoted the Bible to her";
   - cite
    
2. Name the price of
   "quote prices for cars"
    
3. Refer to for illustration or proof
   "He said he could quote several instances of this behaviour";
   - cite
    
4. Put quotation marks around; include as a quotation
   "Here the author is quoting his colleague"

1. A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
   - quotation mark, inverted comma [Brit]
    
2. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
   - quotation, citation
    
3. A statement indicating the likely cost of some job
   - estimate, quotation [Brit]

Derived forms: quoted, quoting, quotes

Type of: advert [rare], bring up, cite, excerpt, excerption, extract, give, ingeminate, iterate, mark, mention, name, punctuate, punctuation, punctuation mark [Brit], refer, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, selection, statement

Encyclopedia: Quote, Unquote