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quoting

quoting is the present participle and gerund of quote.

Meaning of quote

Verb

quote (third-person singular simple present quotes, present participle quoting, simple past and past participle quoted)

  1. (transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
    • The writer quoted the president's speech.
    Synonyms:
    cite
  2. (transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
    • Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?
  3. (transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
  4. (intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
  5. (archaic) To observe, to take account of.
    • But must our moderne Critticks envious eye
      Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?1598, John Marston, “Satyre IV”, in The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image, and Certaine Satyres (poem)

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Noun

quoting (plural quotings)

  1. A quoted statement; a quote.
    • Nevertheless, in many variations, quotings, and paraphrasings, gigantic assertions gained currency.2012, Alan Filreis, Counter-revolution of the Word: The Conservative Attack on Modern Poetry 1945-1960

Forms of quoting

pluralquotings

Words formed from quoting

Questions about quoting

What does quoting mean?
Quoting means a quoted statement; a quote.
What is quoting the present participle and gerund of?
Quoting is the present participle and gerund of quote.
What part of speech is quoting?
Quoting is a noun.
What is the plural of quoting?
The plural of quoting is quotings.

Words near quoting in the dictionary

  1. quotiented
  2. quotienting
  3. quotientive
  4. quotients
  5. quotiety
  6. quoting
  7. quotingly
  8. quotings
  9. quotities
  10. quotition
  11. quotitive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quoting (page history and authors); quote (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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