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quote in English:

1. to repeat the words that someone else has said or written



English word "quote"(to repeat the words that someone else has said or written) occurs in sets:

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2. cite


She would cite from the Bible.
The program is cited to end in middle of the year 2012.
She cites both T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf in her article.
She cited three reasons why people get into debt.
... industry, many observers will cite two reasons.
To cite usage against rule, in a constructed language, is insane.

3. a quotation from a text or speech



English word "quote"(a quotation from a text or speech) occurs in sets:

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4. recite


His daughter is able to recite a lot of poems.
She proudly recited the poem.
She recited a poem that she had learnt at school.
Try and recite this at home and you will remember it better.
Recite the names of the members of the Tokugawa clan.
The time would fail me if I were to recite all the big names in history whose exploits are perfectly irrational and even shocking to the business mind.

5. to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written



6. to give something as AN example to support what you are saying



7. the cost of a piece of art



English word "quote"(the cost of a piece of art) occurs in sets:

Advanced English words that start with "Q" and "R"

8. to repeat the words that someone else has said



English word "quote"(to repeat the words that someone else has said) occurs in sets:

The economics of information

9. quoth