I. quote 1 S2 W3 AC /kwəʊt $ kwoʊt/ BrE AmE verb
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ quotation , ↑ quote ; verb : ↑ quote ]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Medieval Latin ; Origin: quotare , from Latin quot 'how many' ]
1 . [intransitive and transitive] to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written
quote from
She quoted from a newspaper article.
He quoted a short passage from the Bible.
A military spokesman was quoted as saying that the border area is now safe.
quote somebody on something
Can I quote you on that?
2 . [transitive] to give a piece of information that is written down somewhere:
You can order by phoning our hotline and quoting your credit card number.
He quoted a figure of 220 deaths each year from accidents in the home.
3 . [transitive] to give something as an example to support what you are saying SYN cite :
Mr Jackson quoted the case of an elderly man who had been evicted from his home.
quote something as something
He quoted the example of France as a country with a good rail service.
The nurses’ union was quoted as an example of a responsible trade union.
4 . [transitive] to tell a customer the price you will charge them for a service or product:
They quoted a price of £15,000.
quote something for something
The firm originally quoted £6,000 for the whole job.
5 . [transitive] to give the price of a share or ↑ currency :
The pound was quoted this morning at just under $1.46.
The company is now quoted on the stock exchange (=people can buy and sell shares in it) .
6 . (I) quote spoken used when you are going to repeat what someone else has said, to emphasize that it is exactly the way they said it:
The minister said, quote: ‘There will be no more tax increases this year.’
7 . quote ... unquote spoken used at the beginning and end of a word or phrase that someone else has said or written, to emphasize that you are repeating it exactly
II. quote 2 S2 AC BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ quotation , ↑ quote ; verb : ↑ quote ]
1 . a sentence or phrase from a book, speech etc which you repeat in a speech or piece of writing because it is interesting or amusing SYN quotation
quote from
a quote from the minister’s speech
2 . in quotes words that are in quotes are written with ↑ quotation mark s around them to show that someone said those words
3 . a statement of how much it will probably cost to build or repair something SYN estimate :
Always get a quote before proceeding with repair work.