quote

Noun

• a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

• a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

Verb

• put quote marks around
  • Here the author is quoting his colleague
    

• refer to for illustration or proof
  • He said he could quote several instances of this behavior
    

• name the price of
  • quote prices for cars
    

• repeat a passage from
  • He quoted the Bible to her
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  quotation , citation , quotation mark , inverted comma , cite