quote
part of speech
verb (quote, quotes, quoted, quoting); noun (a quote, quotes)
meaning for a pupil
1) To quote is to repeat the exact words someone else said or wrote. tree →
2) A quote is the exact words repeated. tree →
3) To quote a price is to say how much something will cost; a quote is that price. tree →
4) Quotes (informal) are quotation marks « " " ». tree →
5) «Quote, unquote» is said to show you are repeating someone's words. tree →
sense 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 →
- Her favourite quote is «Be kind». tree →
- The plumber gave us a quote of eighty pounds. tree →
- Put the words in quotes. tree →
- Can I quote you on that? tree →
- Use evidence and quote the text. tree →
- Mum got three quotes and chose the cheapest. tree →
- «Don't quote me, but I think it's tomorrow.» tree →
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 the corpora
- A quote stuck on a picture of a famous face is very easy to fake; look for where the person really said it.
- When a bot pretends to be a pirate or a footballer, it is still pretending; quotes it invents were never really said.
- Some websites use AI to make fake news quickly to get clicks, sometimes with made-up quotes.
- Chatbots can produce made-up cases, books or quotes that sound real; even experts must check them.
- Newspaper articles include quotes, which are people's exact words in inverted commas.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «quote» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.