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# quote

verb (quote, quotes, quoted, quoting); noun (a quote, quotes)

«quote» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To quote is to repeat the exact words someone else said or wrote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#m1)
2. A quote is the exact words repeated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#m2)
3. To quote a price is to say how much something will cost; a quote is that price. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#m3)
4. Quotes (informal) are quotation marks « " " ». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#m4)
5. «Quote, unquote» is said to show you are repeating someone's words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#m5)

### In the lessons

In English lessons pupils quote from a text to support answers and use quotation marks. In everyday life a builder gives a quote for a job. In maths a quote is a price to compare. Phrases: «quote from», «give a quote», «in quotes».

### Examples

- Quote a line from the poem to back up your answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#x1)
- Her favourite quote is «Be kind». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#x2)
- The plumber gave us a quote of eighty pounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#x3)
- Put the words in quotes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#x4)
- Can I quote you on that? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#x5)
- Use evidence and quote the text. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#x6)
- Mum got three quotes and chose the cheapest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#x7)
- «Don't quote me, but I think it's tomorrow.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/#x8)

### Note

Formal noun: quotation (quote is informal). In maths: to compare quotes, find the cheapest or the difference. Using a quote without naming the source can be plagiarism.

## In Jewish tradition

In English lessons pupils quote from a text to support answers and use quotation marks. In everyday life a builder gives a quote for a job. In maths a quote is a price to compare. Phrases: «quote from», «give a quote», «in quotes».

### Examples

- The quoted title was given to the treatise apparently because of the following passage occurring therein: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quote/#x1)
- Barges''\*) quotes, from the Paris Cod. 7()'2 the following passage, which occurs also in the Brit. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quote/#x2)
- According to the above quoted legendary passages, however, the Sefer Yetzirah was written by a Joseph ben Uziel, a grandson of Ben Sira. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quote/#x3)

### Note

Formal noun: quotation (quote is informal). In maths: to compare quotes, find the cheapest or the difference. Using a quote without naming the source can be plagiarism.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quote/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quote.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «quote» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quote/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quote» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/quote.html) on Mova free.