quote
B1Academic AWL-7Frequent NGSL-2UK /kwəʊt/US /kwəʊt/
Meaning
noun
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
“The essay was full of quotes.”
verb
to repeat the exact words that another person has said or written
“quote something, to quote Shakespeare”
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“plane and I'd say plane in quotes”
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“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right."”
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“There was a wonderful quote by Jonas Salk, who said, "If all the insects were to disappear from the Earth, within 50 years, all life on Earth would end.”
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