Meaning & use
Quotes
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Words or passages repeated exactly from another source, or the punctuation marks used to enclose them.
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The article opened with several quotes from the mayor's speech.
Put the title of the poem in quotes when you cite it.
A note on using this word
Informally, "quotes" is used both for the cited words themselves and, short for "quotation marks," the punctuation that sets them off.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. noun
Estimated prices given for goods or services.
We got quotes from three contractors before choosing one.
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