quotation
/kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/
quotation noun: a fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
Noun
quotation (countable and uncountable, plural quotations)
- A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
- "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
- The act of quoting someone or something.
- One of these preachers was a blacksmith, whose iron constitution had entirely given way, and the little strength that remained he exhausted in endless quotation of texts from the Bible.1868, S[amuel] W[hite] Baker, “Arrival at Metemma, or Gallabat”, in Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. The Sources, Supply, and Overflow of the Nile; the Country, People, Customs, etc....
- Mr. [Augustine] Birrell has, as usual, quoted very liberally, and to excellent effect. Quotation is an art the difficulty of which may easily be underrated by paragraph-writers or by persons who do not write at all. You may say no end of wise things about a writer, and yet fail to convey a sense of...1905 December, H[enry] W[alcott] Boynton, “Books New and Old”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume XCVI, number 6, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y....
- Synonyms:
- citation
- A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
- Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.
- The act of setting a price.
- A quota, a share.
quotation meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
quotation in Marathi
- कोटशन
quotation in Urdu
- حوالہ, اقتباس, قول
quotation in Bengali
- quotation
- বাণী bani
quotation in Telugu
- కొటేషన్
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- quotation in Malayalam
- കൊട്ടേഷൻ, ഉദ്ധാരണി, ഉദ്ധരണി, ഉദ്ധൃതവാക്യം
- quotation in Kannada
- ಉದ್ಧರಿಸುವುದು, ಎತ್ತಿ ಹೇಳುವುದು, ಎತ್ತುಗೆ, ಉದ್ಧರಣ
- quotation in Gujarati
- ક્વોટેશન
- quotation in Sanskrit
- उपन्यास upanyāsa
- quotation in Sinhala
- උපුටා දැක්වීම
- quotation in Tagalog
- saturing
- quotation in Malay
- sebutharga
- quotation in Indonesian
- kuotasi, oferte
Examples of quotation in a sentence
- Quotation is an art the difficulty of which may easily be underrated by paragraph-writers or by persons who do not write at all.1905 December, H[enry] W[alcott] Boynton, “Books New and Old”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and...
- In his mature works, [Chinary] Ung pays regular homage to Cambodian music by evoking its ambience without resorting to quotation of specific Cambodian melodies.1992, David Tsang, “UNG, Chinary”, in Brian Morton, Pamela Collins, editors, Contemporary Composers, Chicago, Ill.; London: St. James...
Synonyms of quotation
Forms of quotation
| plural | quotations |
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Origin of quotation
The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotātiō, from Latin quotāre, is attested from the 15th century. The sense “fragment of verbal expression”, attested from the 17th century, may come from this source, or else from the verb quote + -ation.
Words formed from quotation
Phrases with quotation
Words that rhyme with quotation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about quotation
- What does quotation mean?
- Quotation means a fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
- What is quotation in Marathi?
- Quotation in Marathi is कोटशन. See Quotation meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use quotation in a sentence?
- Quotation is an art the difficulty of which may easily be underrated by paragraph-writers or by persons who do not write at all.
- What part of speech is quotation?
- Quotation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce quotation?
- Quotation is pronounced /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/ (US).
- What is the plural of quotation?
- The plural of quotation is quotations.
Words near quotation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: quotation (page history and authors); quotation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quotation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বাণী (Bengali) (page history and authors); quotation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); quotation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); quotation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quotation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); उपन्यास (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); quotation (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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