quotation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
  2. noun a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
  3. noun a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity

Etymology

The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotātiō, from Latin quotāre, is attested from the 15th century. The sense “fragment of verbal expression”, attested from the 17th century, may come from this source, or else from the verb quote + -ation.

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Synonyms

citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention

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