Quotation Kwəʊˈteɪʃn Dictionary Short Noun Illustrate Point Book

• a dictionary of quotations
• two short quotations will illustrate my point.
• the book began with a quotation from goethe.
• a direct quotation from a recent speech by the president

quotation

1. a group of words or a short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc. and repeated because it is interesting or useful
• SEE ALSO misquotation
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/misquotation
• a dictionary of quotations
• Two short quotations will illustrate my point.
• The book began with a quotation from Goethe.
• a direct quotation from a recent speech by the president

Extra Examples

• It's a quotation from a poem by Keats.
• My quotation is taken from ‘Hamlet’.
• Where does that quotation come from?
2. the act of repeating something interesting or useful that another person has written or said
• The writer illustrates his point by quotation from a number of sources.
3. a statement of how much money a particular piece of work will cost
• SYNONYM estimate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/estimate_2
• You need to get a written quotation before they start work.
• We’ll give you a free quotation for replacing your windows.
4. a statement of the current value of goods or shares
• the latest quotations from the Stock Exchange
• It was the first football club to have a full stock market quotation.

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (denoting a marginal reference to a passage of text): from medieval Latin quotatio(n-), from the verb quotare, from quot ‘how many’, or from medieval Latin quota.