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Synonyms for quotation
kwoʊˈteɪ ʃənquo·ta·tion

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  1. quotationnoun

    Synonyms:
    quote, citation

  2. quotationnoun

    A fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted.

    Where they burn books, they will also burn people is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.

    Synonyms:
    quote, citation

  3. quotationnoun

    The act of naming a price; the price that has been quoted.

    Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.

    Synonyms:
    quote, citation

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotationnoun

    a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

    "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

    Synonyms:
    extension, denotation, commendation, course credit, book of facts, character reference, credit rating, reference point, character, reference, mention, citation, honorable mention, deferred payment, acknowledgement, reference book, quote, acknowledgment, credit entry, recognition, computer address, consultation, address, source, cite, point of reference, credit, reference work

  2. quotation, quote, citationnoun

    a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

    Synonyms:
    inverted comma, credit, quote, acknowledgment, mention, commendation, citation, reference, quotation mark, cite

  3. quotationnoun

    a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity

    Synonyms:
    quote, acknowledgment, mention, reference, credit, cite, citation

  4. quotationnoun

    the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.

    "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"

    Synonyms:
    quote, acknowledgment, mention, reference, credit, cite, citation

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. quotationnoun

    Synonyms:
    citation, extract

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. quotationnoun

    Synonyms:
    citation, excerpt

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "quotation":

    quote, citation, supply, rating, offer, summons, offering, offerings, commendation, bid

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How to use quotation in a sentence?

  1. Shaquille ONeal:

    N.B. This quotation is a paraphrase of a much older quote by Aristotle, which see.

  2. Joseph Roux:

    A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

  3. Samuel Johnson:

    Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

  4. Dorothy L. Sayers:

    A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

  5. Colonel William Prescott:

    Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.N.B. A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757 By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes.


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