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Meaning of indirect quotation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An utterance in which one person states what someone else said, but framed as an object within a larger clause without quotation marks (when in written form) and sometimes, but not necessarily, repeating their exact words verbatim.
  2. A rate in foreign currency.

Examples

“She relayed his words as an indirect quotation: she said, "He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken."”
“He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken; there are no quote marks in this sentence because it contains an indirect quotation.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

indirect red card indirect report indirect speech indirect tax indirect, roundabout Indirected

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