I.
noun
1 words taken from a book, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ famous , memorable , quotable
▪ direct , exact , verbatim
▪
a direct ~ from this morning's paper
▪ anonymous
VERB + QUOTE
▪ take
▪
~s taken from various lifestyle magazines
▪ attribute
QUOTE + VERB
▪ come from sth
▪
The ~ of the week comes from Mae West.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
a ~ from Albert Einstein
2 price that will be charged for a piece of work ⇨ See ↑ quotation
ADJECTIVE
▪ written
▪ free
VERB + QUOTE
▪ give (sb)
▪ get , obtain
▪
Always get a written ~ before proceeding with work.
▪ accept
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for the rental of the equipment
3 quotes punctuation marks showing speech
ADJECTIVE
▪ double , single
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~s
▪
If you take text from other sources, place it in ~s.
II.
verb
1 repeat exactly what sb has said/written
ADVERB
▪ at length , extensively
▪
She ~s extensively from the author's diaries.
▪ in full
▪
The passage is ~d in full.
▪ accurately , exactly
▪ directly
▪ selectively
▪ approvingly , with approval
▪ above , below , earlier , here , previously
▪
The new text of Article 92, ~d above, gives member states more discretion on this issue.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
She is wrongly ~d as saying ‘Play it again, Sam.’
▪ from
▪
He ~d from Shakespeare.
▪
They ~d from the Bible.
2 give sth as an example
ADVERB
▪ frequently , often
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
an example that is often ~d as evidence of mismanagement
▪ on
▪
Don't ~ me on this but I think the figure is in excess of £2 billion.
PHRASES
▪ widely ~d
▪
the most widely ~d and influential study in this field
Quote is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ article , ↑ magazine , ↑ newspaper , ↑ report
Quote is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ article , ↑ author , ↑ excerpt , ↑ figure , ↑ lyrics , ↑ maxim , ↑ odds , ↑ paragraph , ↑ passage , ↑ phrase , ↑ price , ↑ reference , ↑ report , ↑ scripture , ↑ source , ↑ word