Meaning of Quotation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
   countable
2. The act of quoting someone or something.
   uncountable
3. A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
   countable
4. The act of setting a price.
   uncountable
5. A quota, a share.
   countable, obsolete

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Examples

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

“One of these preachers was a blacksmith, whose iron⟳ constitution had entirely given way, and the little strength that remained he exhausted in endless quotation of texts from the Bible.”

“Mr. [Augustine] Birrell has, as usual, quoted very liberally, and to excellent effect. Quotation is an art the difficulty of which may easily be underrated by paragraph-writers or by persons who do not write⟳ at all. You may say⟳ no end⟳ of wise things about a writer, and yet fail⟳ to convey a sense⟳ of the peculiar flavor for which you really value him. To insinuate a phrase or verse of our author into the midst of our own⟳ readable (because ephemeral) discourse, is all most of us may do, without giving our readers an unpalatable suspicion that they are being seduced into the perusal of a real author. Mr. Birrell quotes by the page, and we gratefully read⟳ every line because we are sure Mr. Birrell, at least, is incapable of asking us to read⟳ anything inconsequent or dull.”

“In his mature works, [Chinary] Ung pays regular homage to Cambodian music by evoking its ambience without resorting to quotation of specific Cambodian melodies.”

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

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