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conventionYou can say ' q____ ' to show that you are about to quote someone's words.You can say ' quote ' to show that you are about to quote someone's words.He predicts they will have, quote, 'an awful lot of explaining to do'. verbIf you quote someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said .He quoted Mr Polay as saying that peace negotiations were already underway.She quoted a great line from a book by Romain Gary.The newspaper quoted a professor who said he witnessed the killings.I gave the letter to our local press and they quoted from it.If you quote something such as a law or a fact, you state it because it supports what you are saying.Mr Meacher quoted statistics saying that the standard of living of the poorest people had fallen.If someone quotes a price for doing something, they say how much money they would charge you for a service they are offering or a for a job that you want them to do.A travel agent quoted her £160 for the flight.He quoted a price for the repairs.If a company's shares, a substance, or a currency is quoted at a particular price, that is its current market price.In early trading, gold was quoted at $368.20 an ounce.Heron is a private company and is not quoted on the Stock Market.nounA quote from a book, poem, play, or speech is a passage or phrase from it.The article starts with a quote from an unnamed member of the Cabinet.A quote for a piece of work is the price that someone says they will charge you to do the work.Always get a written quote for any repairs needed.Quotes are the same as quotation marks .The word 'remembered' is in quotes.otherconventionYou can say ' quote ' to show that you are about to quote someone's words.He predicts they will have, quote, 'an awful lot of explaining to do'. B1

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query	convention You can say ' q____ ' to show that you are about to quote someone's words.You can say ' quote ' to show that you are about to quote someone's words. He predicts they will have, quote, 'an awful lot of explaining to do'.
word	quote
full-definition	verb If you quote someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said . He quoted Mr Polay as saying that peace negotiations were already underway. She quoted a great line from a book by Romain Gary. The newspaper quoted a professor who said he witnessed the killings. I gave the letter to our local press and they quoted from it. If you quote something such as a law or a fact, you state it because it supports what you are saying. Mr Meacher quoted statistics saying that the standard of living of the poorest people had fallen. If someone quotes a price for doing something, they say how much money they would charge you for a service they are offering or a for a job that you want them to do. A travel agent quoted her £160 for the flight. He quoted a price for the repairs. If a company's shares, a substance, or a currency is quoted at a particular price, that is its current market price. In early trading, gold was quoted at $368.20 an ounce. Heron is a private company and is not quoted on the Stock Market. noun A quote from a book, poem, play, or speech is a passage or phrase from it. The article starts with a quote from an unnamed member of the Cabinet. A quote for a piece of work is the price that someone says they will charge you to do the work. Always get a written quote for any repairs needed. Quotes are the same as quotation marks . The word 'remembered' is in quotes. other convention You can say ' quote ' to show that you are about to quote someone's words. He predicts they will have, quote, 'an awful lot of explaining to do'.
inflections	quotesquotingquoted
cefr-level	B1

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