Pre-quote
verb (used with object), quoted, quoting.
1.
to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
2.
to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.).
3.
to use a brief excerpt from:
The composer quotes Beethoven’s Fifth in his latest work.
4.
to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support.
5.
to enclose (words) within quotation marks.
6.
Commerce.
to state (a price).
to state the current price of.
verb (used without object), quoted, quoting.
7.
to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author.
8.
(used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation. )
noun
9.
a quotation.
10.
quotation mark.
Idioms
11.
quote unquote, so called; so to speak; as it were:
If you’re a liberal, quote unquote, they’re suspicious of you.
verb
1.
to recite a quotation (from a book, play, poem, etc), esp as a means of illustrating or supporting a statement
2.
(transitive) to put quotation marks round (a word, phrase, etc)
3.
(stock exchange) to state (a current market price) of (a security or commodity)
noun
4.
an informal word for quotation (sense 1), quotation (sense 2), quotation (sense 3), quotation (sense 4)
5.
(often pl) an informal word for quotation mark put it in quotes
interjection
6.
an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the words that follow it form a quotation: the president said, quote, I shall not run for office in November, unquote
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