102,870
edits
Changes
Created page with 'File:lighterstill.jpgright|frame ==Origin== Medieval Latin ''quotare'' to mark the number of, number references, from Latin ''quotus'' of what...'
[[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Quote.jpg|right|frame]]
==Origin==
Medieval Latin ''quotare'' to mark the [[number]] of, number [[references]], from [[Latin]] ''quotus'' of what number or [[quantity]], from ''quot'' how many, (as) many as; akin to [[Latin]] ''qui'' who
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1582]
==Definitions==
*1a : to [[speak]] or [[write]] (a passage) from another usually with credit acknowledgment
:b : to [[repeat]] a passage from especially in substantiation or [[illustration]]
:c : borrow 2a <quoting the motifs of past artists>
*2: to cite in [[illustration]] <quote a similar case>
*3a : to state (the current price or bid-offer spread) for a [[commodity]], stock, or bond
:b : to give [[exact]] [[information]] on
*4: to set off by quotation marks
==Description==
'''Quotation''' is the [[repetition]] of someone else's [[statement]] or [[thoughts]]. This can be in the [[form]] of [[words]], [[songs]], American Sign Language, written, or any other form of communication. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark Quotation marks] are punctuation marks used in [[text]] to indicate the [[words]] of another [[speaker]] or [[writer]]. Both of these [[words]] are sometimes abbreviated as "quote(s)".
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
==Origin==
Medieval Latin ''quotare'' to mark the [[number]] of, number [[references]], from [[Latin]] ''quotus'' of what number or [[quantity]], from ''quot'' how many, (as) many as; akin to [[Latin]] ''qui'' who
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1582]
==Definitions==
*1a : to [[speak]] or [[write]] (a passage) from another usually with credit acknowledgment
:b : to [[repeat]] a passage from especially in substantiation or [[illustration]]
:c : borrow 2a <quoting the motifs of past artists>
*2: to cite in [[illustration]] <quote a similar case>
*3a : to state (the current price or bid-offer spread) for a [[commodity]], stock, or bond
:b : to give [[exact]] [[information]] on
*4: to set off by quotation marks
==Description==
'''Quotation''' is the [[repetition]] of someone else's [[statement]] or [[thoughts]]. This can be in the [[form]] of [[words]], [[songs]], American Sign Language, written, or any other form of communication. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark Quotation marks] are punctuation marks used in [[text]] to indicate the [[words]] of another [[speaker]] or [[writer]]. Both of these [[words]] are sometimes abbreviated as "quote(s)".
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]