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Past tense of quote

regular verb

The past tense of quote is quoted. The past participle is also quoted.

Forms of quote

Base form (V1)quote /kwəʊt/
Past tense (V2)quoted /ˈkwəʊtɪd/
Past participle (V3)quoted /ˈkwəʊtɪd/
Present participlequoting
Third person singularquotes

Quoted in a sentence

  • The writer quoted the president's speech.
  • Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?
  • The shipping is included in the quoted price.From the entry shipping
  • Of all men they do most evil, Their lorefather is the devil. — MS. Harleian, quoted by Halliwell.From the entry lorefather
  • In some early printed Bibles quoted text is indicated by changing the font from roman to italic.2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 48. From the entry roman

Meaning of quote

  1. noun A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
  2. noun A quotation mark.
  3. noun A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.

Full definition of quote

Questions about the past tense of quote

What is the past tense of quote?
The past tense of quote is quoted.
What is the past participle of quote?
The past participle of quote is quoted.
Is quote a regular or irregular verb?
Quote is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: quote (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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