Synonyms for quotation
kwoʊˈteɪ ʃənquo·ta·tion

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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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Excerpt
   • Note
   • Practice
   • Statement

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1. quotationnoun

   Synonyms:
   citation, extract

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1. quotationnoun

   Synonyms:
   citation, excerpt

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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. Catholic News Agency:

   No quotation of the aforementioned article must therefore be considered as a faithful transcription of the words of the Holy Father.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Alan Kraut:

   This is almost a verbatim quotation of what critics of immigration said in the early 20th century.

5. Chief Executive Dennis Nobelius:

   Our plan is clear, that we want to be one of those, we have a number of RFQs (request for quotation) at this moment for ADAS and we're discussing deeper relations when it comes to the AD part.