Question 1 · Quick check
quote
CEFRB1
/kwəʊt/
verb · noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To repeat someone’s exact words.
- 02
noun
A price offered for a job or service.
Examples
Can you quote a line of Hamlet?
I'd like a quote for the following.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 1
- Synonyms
- 1
Also pronounced
- [k(ʰ)wəʊt]
- [kʰwəwt]
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsA quotation mark.
A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.
noun
Extra meaningA statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
More examples
In contextWe have made an effort to quote our most competitive price.
After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.
She loved reading quotes of famous people.
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Origin
verb
From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.